I really need some real life reviews AND PICTURES of 243 on deer and bigger critters!

The Remington 7600 ( aka "Mennonite Machine Gun" [no disrespect intended] ) in .243 is, IMHO. a great choice for a deer rifle.

Easy enough to shorten for her ... put on a Pachmayr Old English Decelerator recoil Pad . Stops that shiny plastic butt plate from
sliding around ... and you can put the gun vertical (unloaded of course) say against a wall, without it slipping.
The Williams "Guide" Receiver Site ( WGRS7400 ... IIRC ) fits right on the rear pair of pre-drilled scope mounting holes of the 7600.
I tend to use them "as is" (or with a Merit adjustable iris disc I have) to site-in ... then remove the supplied aperture altogether
for hunting and just use the hole in the site to look through ....VERY fast !!! ( and I've proven it to myself, more than accurate enough
out to 100 yards or so ) She'll nee a sling to ... Butler Creek's "Alaskan Guide" sling work great. Nylon with neoprene shoulder pad.
I have a few that have stood up to several seasons of hunting ... including 5 years of almost daily coyote hunting in the winter.
Uncle Mike's makes a good swivel set-up ... the kind with the barrel band for the 7600. Works much better than the end of the forend
variety ! Might as well get her a spare magazine as well. That little brush they pack with the gun is just dandy for keeping the chamber
clean ( failing to do so is a source of discontent ! ) ... and don't "slam" the magazines home ... you'll bend and bugger the magazine catch.

95 &100 gr. Noslers always work just fine, but I find I like the 95 gr. Ballistic Tips a little better !

And remember .... a deer that was "only wounded" with a .243 will likely go off and a die as horrible a death as one that was "only wounded"
with a .458 Win Mag. NOTHING can substitute proper bullet placement The very best premium constructed bullets at ideal velocity
even in the biggest calibres will still only break a leg as good as the bulk pack soft point round noses will ... but a good bullet through the boiler-room
works every time.

... and ya' don't need pictures for that ! ;)
 
Left handed, small shooter, dislikes scopes, no bolt action, and shots under 100? Time to bust out grandpa's old top eject '94 in 30-30.
 
I use 85 gr. TTSX and they work well failry large wound chanel, never recovered one. Low recoil only issue I find with the .243 is muzzle blast but I can live with that...
 
Friend of mine's wife with her first big game animal.




One shot, 100 gr Winchester Power Point factory ammo, and it was all over.

Another friend of mine took his teenage son moose hunting a few years ago. He carried his 375 H&H, while his boy toted his 243. He figured he would finish it off with his 375 if needed. It wasn't needed. Two shots in the lungs, seven or eight steps, and the work started. IIRC, he was using 105 gr Speer spitzers. This is not an endorsement of the 243 as a moose gun, however it is an example of effective shot placement.

Ted
 
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I've taken a lot of deer with a .243 . This year my son took his first with a tikka .243 , If you can place your shots they work well if you can't get a different gun. We generally shoot the larger 95 or 100 grain bullets if you handload you can get them up to around 115 gr. It is a very fast bullet and can give you a pass through if you hit a fleshy area or make a bad shot . If you hit a bony area they do a lot of damage with premium bullets they will give very good penetration on larger critters . They can be very accurate at long ranges some antelope hunters use them out to 1100+ yards and they are fun for target shooting at longer ranges . My son was banging the 600 yard gong at our local range using kentucky windage and holdover much to the delight of the older benchrest shooters beside us .
 
Great caliber for deer and smaller game, I have friends that use them for moose as well. I bought a cz550 for my little brother and he got his first deer with it, can't remember the exact yardage but it was close to 300yrds, one shot through the broiler room, and she was done.
 
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