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So whats wrong with the .243 on Deer?
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<blockquote data-quote="Wachsmann" data-source="post: 842999" data-attributes="member: 10429"><p>I bought my wife a 243 due to the low recoil for her first gun. I would not have any regrets taking a 243 on a mule deer hunt at all. I know Texas white tail are a lot smaller but we used to plug them out to 400 and 500 yards with a 85 grain hollow point in a 243. Never ran to far and most dropped in there tracks. I had another friend that would do the same with a 22-250. I don't recall the grain weight of the bullet. I hand load the 95 grain bergers for the wife in her 243. She has yet to take a deer but we just got financely secure enough that she was able to quit teaching 3rd grade. I would also consider taking a 243 for a sheep hunt are anything in the 300-350 pound class and under type of animals. Deer, goats, sheep, etc. Maybe not a hog hunt for me but my cousin uses one on hogs down in Texas. He does a lot of head shots with it. So it works. He has shot one in the front shoulder and it went about 100 yards before going down so he will usually only do a head shot on a hog....But anyway mule deer. Sure thing. I would have to say I would use at least a 85 grain bullet or larger in my opnion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wachsmann, post: 842999, member: 10429"] I bought my wife a 243 due to the low recoil for her first gun. I would not have any regrets taking a 243 on a mule deer hunt at all. I know Texas white tail are a lot smaller but we used to plug them out to 400 and 500 yards with a 85 grain hollow point in a 243. Never ran to far and most dropped in there tracks. I had another friend that would do the same with a 22-250. I don't recall the grain weight of the bullet. I hand load the 95 grain bergers for the wife in her 243. She has yet to take a deer but we just got financely secure enough that she was able to quit teaching 3rd grade. I would also consider taking a 243 for a sheep hunt are anything in the 300-350 pound class and under type of animals. Deer, goats, sheep, etc. Maybe not a hog hunt for me but my cousin uses one on hogs down in Texas. He does a lot of head shots with it. So it works. He has shot one in the front shoulder and it went about 100 yards before going down so he will usually only do a head shot on a hog....But anyway mule deer. Sure thing. I would have to say I would use at least a 85 grain bullet or larger in my opnion. [/QUOTE]
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