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<blockquote data-quote="CogburnR" data-source="post: 452786" data-attributes="member: 29174"><p>I use the Sierra Gameking 85g HPBT in my 243. Works pretty good and will exit with a nice hole to leak blood out of most times. Double shoulder hit on a buck might leave the bullet inside but it won't go far.</p><p></p><p>Sometime I am planning on building a load for the Berger bullet. They may be the best thing since the Sierra HPBT. </p><p></p><p>I am no big fan of tough bullets for deer in the 243. Had more than a couple leave pencil holes with no blood and dead deer laying a long ways away with little sign of being hit. I was hunting in a National refuge one time and watched a guy hit a deer with a 243 and 100g bullets. He swore up and down the deer wasn't hit until I took him to the deer 300 yards away. No blood until it rubbed on some corn stalks 20 yards from the deer.</p><p></p><p>With the 85gHPBT the exit hole on a double lung shot is one to 2 inches. I have watched a giant muley doe with a hole like that trot around for 200yards with blood spraying out the hole 6' before it decided it was out of blood to pump. </p><p></p><p>Bigger rifles can make bigger holes or pencil through all depending on what bullet they use. The 140gHPBT Sierra Gameking in a 270 will make an exit hole big enough to put your fist through. A high hit with a 300 mag will cut a deer nearly in half. Put in a heavy duty bullet and either one might just make a little hole that the deers fat seals up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CogburnR, post: 452786, member: 29174"] I use the Sierra Gameking 85g HPBT in my 243. Works pretty good and will exit with a nice hole to leak blood out of most times. Double shoulder hit on a buck might leave the bullet inside but it won't go far. Sometime I am planning on building a load for the Berger bullet. They may be the best thing since the Sierra HPBT. I am no big fan of tough bullets for deer in the 243. Had more than a couple leave pencil holes with no blood and dead deer laying a long ways away with little sign of being hit. I was hunting in a National refuge one time and watched a guy hit a deer with a 243 and 100g bullets. He swore up and down the deer wasn't hit until I took him to the deer 300 yards away. No blood until it rubbed on some corn stalks 20 yards from the deer. With the 85gHPBT the exit hole on a double lung shot is one to 2 inches. I have watched a giant muley doe with a hole like that trot around for 200yards with blood spraying out the hole 6' before it decided it was out of blood to pump. Bigger rifles can make bigger holes or pencil through all depending on what bullet they use. The 140gHPBT Sierra Gameking in a 270 will make an exit hole big enough to put your fist through. A high hit with a 300 mag will cut a deer nearly in half. Put in a heavy duty bullet and either one might just make a little hole that the deers fat seals up. [/QUOTE]
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