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Cooper Rifle Help!!! Single Shot??
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<blockquote data-quote="Brucecaptain" data-source="post: 807659" data-attributes="member: 68424"><p>I have a Cooper Phoenix .243, a single shot varmint rifle with a Leupold VX-7 3.5 - 14x varmint reticle scope on it. Use it mostly for targets and white tails. I like it a lot; but wouldn't walk a long ways with it.</p><p></p><p>In the beginning... I think Cooper only made single shot rifles; then graduated to magazines several years ago. I can be corrected on that if I'm wrong.</p><p></p><p>The heavy varmint rifle in a 26" barrel isn't made for toting around in the woods, but it's deadly from an elevated blind. The trick is to not have to shoot more than once!</p><p></p><p>My experience is that if you shoot a deer and it takes off... multiple shots thereafter are simply to let all your buddies know that you can't shoot... and that you probably have to go track down a wounded animal, so don't shoot you!</p><p></p><p>My .243 will shoot far better than I can shoot. My best group at 100 yds has been about 3/4", but it will do better than that if I could control my breathing. </p><p></p><p>The trick to killing deer with 1 shot with a .243 is to shoot them in the ear. You can usually do that out to 200 yards without a lot of difficulty if it's not real windy. If you wait on a standing deer, they'll almost always turn their head sideways to you at some point. Howevere, this can mess up a good head.</p><p></p><p>Bruce</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brucecaptain, post: 807659, member: 68424"] I have a Cooper Phoenix .243, a single shot varmint rifle with a Leupold VX-7 3.5 - 14x varmint reticle scope on it. Use it mostly for targets and white tails. I like it a lot; but wouldn't walk a long ways with it. In the beginning... I think Cooper only made single shot rifles; then graduated to magazines several years ago. I can be corrected on that if I'm wrong. The heavy varmint rifle in a 26" barrel isn't made for toting around in the woods, but it's deadly from an elevated blind. The trick is to not have to shoot more than once! My experience is that if you shoot a deer and it takes off... multiple shots thereafter are simply to let all your buddies know that you can't shoot... and that you probably have to go track down a wounded animal, so don't shoot you! My .243 will shoot far better than I can shoot. My best group at 100 yds has been about 3/4", but it will do better than that if I could control my breathing. The trick to killing deer with 1 shot with a .243 is to shoot them in the ear. You can usually do that out to 200 yards without a lot of difficulty if it's not real windy. If you wait on a standing deer, they'll almost always turn their head sideways to you at some point. Howevere, this can mess up a good head. Bruce [/QUOTE]
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