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So whats wrong with the .243 on Deer?
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<blockquote data-quote="Brewer" data-source="post: 877304" data-attributes="member: 71923"><p>up until last year, the only high-power I owned was a factory Winchester modlel 70 300 winmag with a 2# trigger and a bushness 3200. Funny story that was not funny at the time. I shot a doe at 200 yards with 180 grain nozzler ballistic tip hunting... they call it) right in the chest. the deer got knocked down, made a groan (like they do) and 5 seconds later it got up and ran 150 yards back into the woods, laid down and died. shot 2 more deer like that that one was a gut shot and I never found him. that was the end of nozzler bullets for me. I have been using a .25-06 with the hornady SST. every deer I have shot (out to 500ish yards) has dropped in its tracks with 120 grain bullet running MV of 3000 FPS. </p><p> </p><p>Moral of the Story: bullet type and shot placement is EVERYTHING. If I were at 900 yards I would not want to get hit in the chest with an 85 grain 6mm bullet, even if I was laying on an operating table with a surgeon ready to cut and patch. think about that for a minute.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brewer, post: 877304, member: 71923"] up until last year, the only high-power I owned was a factory Winchester modlel 70 300 winmag with a 2# trigger and a bushness 3200. Funny story that was not funny at the time. I shot a doe at 200 yards with 180 grain nozzler ballistic tip hunting... they call it) right in the chest. the deer got knocked down, made a groan (like they do) and 5 seconds later it got up and ran 150 yards back into the woods, laid down and died. shot 2 more deer like that that one was a gut shot and I never found him. that was the end of nozzler bullets for me. I have been using a .25-06 with the hornady SST. every deer I have shot (out to 500ish yards) has dropped in its tracks with 120 grain bullet running MV of 3000 FPS. Moral of the Story: bullet type and shot placement is EVERYTHING. If I were at 900 yards I would not want to get hit in the chest with an 85 grain 6mm bullet, even if I was laying on an operating table with a surgeon ready to cut and patch. think about that for a minute. [/QUOTE]
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