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<blockquote data-quote="Topgun 30-06" data-source="post: 833526" data-attributes="member: 28854"><p>AS stated by hawk45, you need to read up on calibers and ballistics based on your statements in your post when you're relating distances when shooting at a deer as compared to a much bigger elk. Most of it has to do with ft/lbs. of energy left at POI on the animal and that distance is going to vary because it is obviously going to take more energy to put a bullet into a huge elk as compared to a deer or antelope. The small .243 does not have the energy very far out even on a perfect shot to be considered more than marginal at best on an animal the size of an elk. Here are two good sites with lots of information on calibers and ballistics. The first has a ton of calibers you can click on to get a lot of information just like the .243 that will come up. The second also gives you a list of calibers you can click on and then all the cartridges for that caliber come up and you can look for bullet weights, etc. and keep clicking to the right for powders, primers, etc. for them. I prefer the first link myself, but thought I'd throw that other one up too.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ballisticstudies.com/Knowledge+Base/.243+Winchester.html" target="_blank">.243 Winchester</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://stevespages.com/page8a.htm" target="_blank">Steve's Reloading Data Pages</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Topgun 30-06, post: 833526, member: 28854"] AS stated by hawk45, you need to read up on calibers and ballistics based on your statements in your post when you're relating distances when shooting at a deer as compared to a much bigger elk. Most of it has to do with ft/lbs. of energy left at POI on the animal and that distance is going to vary because it is obviously going to take more energy to put a bullet into a huge elk as compared to a deer or antelope. The small .243 does not have the energy very far out even on a perfect shot to be considered more than marginal at best on an animal the size of an elk. Here are two good sites with lots of information on calibers and ballistics. The first has a ton of calibers you can click on to get a lot of information just like the .243 that will come up. The second also gives you a list of calibers you can click on and then all the cartridges for that caliber come up and you can look for bullet weights, etc. and keep clicking to the right for powders, primers, etc. for them. I prefer the first link myself, but thought I'd throw that other one up too. [URL="http://www.ballisticstudies.com/Knowledge+Base/.243+Winchester.html"].243 Winchester[/URL] [URL="http://stevespages.com/page8a.htm"]Steve's Reloading Data Pages[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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