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Is the 243 the best whitetail deer cartridge?
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<blockquote data-quote="highfinblue" data-source="post: 2930996" data-attributes="member: 67530"><p>I have like 800 plus of the Sierras and I haven't hunted with my 243 since I had shoulder surgery like five years ago; it was the only rifle I could talk the doctor into allowing me to hunt with. I load them with 38 grains of IMR 4064, and Federal 210M primers and they are super accurate. Some of my closest friends use the same load and I even load for a few of them and it shoots great out of their rifles too, and super deadly on the deer. Appreciate the suggestion, if I ever run out of bullets and can't find them, I will try and remember these. My rifle will not stabilize anything bigger than 85, I've tried 90's, 100's, and it will not shoot them. I bought the gun used years ago it's a Remington 700 with a 26" heavy barrel and a synthetic stock. I can't think of the stock maker off the top of my head, but with those Sierra bullets it is a tack driver. I killed several deer at 300 and slightly farther, and a coyote at 440 yards. I just have a Leupold 4-14x40 with a Boone and Crockett reticle, maybe a VX-III, I'm not sure about that, but it's handy. I do love Speer bullets, have shot them in several rifles with no issues whatsoever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="highfinblue, post: 2930996, member: 67530"] I have like 800 plus of the Sierras and I haven't hunted with my 243 since I had shoulder surgery like five years ago; it was the only rifle I could talk the doctor into allowing me to hunt with. I load them with 38 grains of IMR 4064, and Federal 210M primers and they are super accurate. Some of my closest friends use the same load and I even load for a few of them and it shoots great out of their rifles too, and super deadly on the deer. Appreciate the suggestion, if I ever run out of bullets and can't find them, I will try and remember these. My rifle will not stabilize anything bigger than 85, I've tried 90's, 100's, and it will not shoot them. I bought the gun used years ago it's a Remington 700 with a 26" heavy barrel and a synthetic stock. I can't think of the stock maker off the top of my head, but with those Sierra bullets it is a tack driver. I killed several deer at 300 and slightly farther, and a coyote at 440 yards. I just have a Leupold 4-14x40 with a Boone and Crockett reticle, maybe a VX-III, I'm not sure about that, but it's handy. I do love Speer bullets, have shot them in several rifles with no issues whatsoever. [/QUOTE]
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