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Is the 243 the best whitetail deer cartridge?
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<blockquote data-quote="jemo4570" data-source="post: 2339809" data-attributes="member: 72075"><p>Personally, the .243/6mm Rem bullet availability is too light for deer over 125 lbs on the hoof. All the deer my daughters and I have shot with either round, have never had a pass through using several different bullets around 100 gr. The deer have always been dead, but run at least 100 yards with no blood trail. After a couple years of using these cartridges I opted to rebarrell the 243 to a 308 and load 125 gr bullets for my daughters. I went back to 30-06 & 308 with 150+ gr bullets for myself. My pair of 6mm Rem's haven't been out to shoot in over 20 years. There are probably better bullets today; but you can't beat a 30 cal!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jemo4570, post: 2339809, member: 72075"] Personally, the .243/6mm Rem bullet availability is too light for deer over 125 lbs on the hoof. All the deer my daughters and I have shot with either round, have never had a pass through using several different bullets around 100 gr. The deer have always been dead, but run at least 100 yards with no blood trail. After a couple years of using these cartridges I opted to rebarrell the 243 to a 308 and load 125 gr bullets for my daughters. I went back to 30-06 & 308 with 150+ gr bullets for myself. My pair of 6mm Rem's haven't been out to shoot in over 20 years. There are probably better bullets today; but you can't beat a 30 cal!! [/QUOTE]
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