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So what wrong with a .243 on Elk?
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<blockquote data-quote="Engineering101" data-source="post: 832907" data-attributes="member: 63138"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Greg</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I've shot a couple of dozen deer with my 6mm Rem which is pretty much equivalent to your 243 AI. Distances ranged from 6 inches up to maybe 125 yards. Those shot in the lungs which was most of them went 0 to 20 yards. There was usually no meat damaged – which to me is important. I used 100 grain Sierra Game Kings or equivalent for most of those and that bullet would usually stop on the ribs on the opposite side - pretty much the perfect deer gun.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">When I go elk hunting I carry a 338 RUM loaded with 210 gr Barnes TTSXs running right around 3,200 fps. A couple years ago that combo put down a nice 6X6 Blue Mountain elk and it went less than 20 yards. This was a broadside lung shot, 358 yards, 21 degree down angle. It was 4 hours up to the top with loaded pack board and that was just to get to the horses. There is no way I would take a shot like that with my 6mm Rem and that is a typical or even short shot in the Blues. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Idaho</span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> has got a lot of elk country that is pretty much the same thing. Even if a 6mm would kill an elk there is a significant chance that it will go more than 20 yards which is really bad for at least two reasons. One, you may not find it and two, it is now 6 hours to the top.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I've seen a wounded elk shot up like an old World War II bomber with steam coming out both sides go literally for miles and that was only a spike. If you don't put them down with the first shot and you get their adrenaline flowing you are in a world of hurt. (No I was not the fool that wounded that elk.)</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">So here is a thought. Borrow a rifle that will kill and elk for sure before it gets to the next county. Buy a box of ammo with Barnes bullets and give the leftovers to the owner when you give the gun back. Cost for you – a box of ammo. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Engineering101, post: 832907, member: 63138"] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Greg[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]I’ve shot a couple of dozen deer with my 6mm Rem which is pretty much equivalent to your 243 AI. Distances ranged from 6 inches up to maybe 125 yards. Those shot in the lungs which was most of them went 0 to 20 yards. There was usually no meat damaged – which to me is important. I used 100 grain Sierra Game Kings or equivalent for most of those and that bullet would usually stop on the ribs on the opposite side - pretty much the perfect deer gun.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]When I go elk hunting I carry a 338 RUM loaded with 210 gr Barnes TTSXs running right around 3,200 fps. A couple years ago that combo put down a nice 6X6 Blue Mountain elk and it went less than 20 yards. This was a broadside lung shot, 358 yards, 21 degree down angle. It was 4 hours up to the top with loaded pack board and that was just to get to the horses. There is no way I would take a shot like that with my 6mm Rem and that is a typical or even short shot in the Blues. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]Idaho[/FONT][FONT=Verdana] has got a lot of elk country that is pretty much the same thing. Even if a 6mm would kill an elk there is a significant chance that it will go more than 20 yards which is really bad for at least two reasons. One, you may not find it and two, it is now 6 hours to the top.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]I’ve seen a wounded elk shot up like an old World War II bomber with steam coming out both sides go literally for miles and that was only a spike. If you don’t put them down with the first shot and you get their adrenaline flowing you are in a world of hurt. (No I was not the fool that wounded that elk.)[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]So here is a thought. Borrow a rifle that will kill and elk for sure before it gets to the next county. Buy a box of ammo with Barnes bullets and give the leftovers to the owner when you give the gun back. Cost for you – a box of ammo. [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=2][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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