We should test this. I would pay money to watch.
243 as a Legitimate and Humane Deer Gun?
- Thread starter yakoun
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We should test this. I would pay money to watch.
saskgunowner101
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Late to the party, but 243 works fine on deer. If it doesn't, you might need to work on your shooting skills.
Brian46 (I think it is?) claims to use one for hunting.
"Chuckle" ? ...that sure reminds me of somebody.
I've shot deer with:
12 ga buckshot
7.62x39 Russian
308 Win
7mm Rem Mag
Compound Bow
Excalibur Crossbow
Currently settled on the 308 Win... In comparison, my wife has shot all 5 of her deer with 243 Win. She thinks it is a GREAT deer cartridge, and I think she is right!
Cheers
Jay
Otokiak uses one for hunting... F**KING NARWHALS!!
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Mate of mine dropped a deer this morning at 650 yards with his 338laoua
Through the boiler room and out of the shoulder
Deer did run a few yards before dropping
3inch sq exit wound with excessive meat damage
I was expecting to see more damage
Through the boiler room and out of the shoulder
Deer did run a few yards before dropping
3inch sq exit wound with excessive meat damage
I was expecting to see more damage
Oh he's definitely a 50bmg guy, and he's used it to hunt too. With a good broadside shot where you miss the legs, you'll only lose some rib meat regardless of caliber. (i did a search to confirm he's used the 50 to hunt with, would have quoted a thread but it's locked)
I believe you have Jay’s patented “chuckle” confused with Sunrays patented “snicker” ;-P
Funny you brought that up, as I noticed it again by accident while digging up Otokiak’s narwhal hunting thread. Oh sunray. I almost miss him. Almost.
No confusion, the "chuckle" comment certainly does remind me of poor old sunray.
I would believe that your wife is right! I've shot deer with:
12 gauge 00 buck (both the regular stuff and the low-recoil crap)
.243 (two of my finest deer fell to the .243)
.308
.30-06
.300 WM
.338 RUM
9MM
The only ones that sucked at the task were the low-recoil 00 buck and the 9mm (and those were on wounded deer no less). The rest were DRT.
Hmm when i was using my 243 in the past it dropped big bucks like the hammer of thor.
Only thing was I bought the gun when i was young and it was a long bull barrel target style gun that got in the way when walking in tight bush or trail , kept hitting the barrel on branches and stuff.
If i had bought a 243 in a BLR or something more compact I would probably still be using it , ended up on a good deal on a 308 and nabbed it. the 308 definitely has greater felt recoil.
Both shoot well but the 243 was even more accurate than my 308 and flatter shooting out too a point.
Last deer i shot with my 243 made one surprised leap and fell right down , double lung heart shot. , last deer i shot with my 308 ran 25 or so yards and fell down , double lung and clipped the heart.
both work well same results similar exit holes too.
Only thing was I bought the gun when i was young and it was a long bull barrel target style gun that got in the way when walking in tight bush or trail , kept hitting the barrel on branches and stuff.
If i had bought a 243 in a BLR or something more compact I would probably still be using it , ended up on a good deal on a 308 and nabbed it. the 308 definitely has greater felt recoil.
Both shoot well but the 243 was even more accurate than my 308 and flatter shooting out too a point.
Last deer i shot with my 243 made one surprised leap and fell right down , double lung heart shot. , last deer i shot with my 308 ran 25 or so yards and fell down , double lung and clipped the heart.
both work well same results similar exit holes too.
I've shot deer with
.243
.257 Rob
30-30
30-06
300winmag
9.3x57
458winmag
6.5x55
8x57
45-70
38-55
..and maybe 1-2 more I'm forgetting.
I don't believe there was a great difference in the "drop time" between the different cartridges when the bullets were placed in the boiler room. They tended to go down in a few steps or immediately. One whitetail got 70 yds before dropping with a high lung shot from a 180gr 300winmag. The bullet placement was the difference, not the velocity or the weight/diameter of the bullet.
I made a "Reverse Texas Heart Shot" once with the 300 Win. Managed to almost miss all the vital even though it was shot center front chest, bullet went over the heart, mostly between the lungs, and caught a piece of the liver before continuing through the abdomen and exiting under the tail. That one made it about 100 yds.
.243
.257 Rob
30-30
30-06
300winmag
9.3x57
458winmag
6.5x55
8x57
45-70
38-55
..and maybe 1-2 more I'm forgetting.
I don't believe there was a great difference in the "drop time" between the different cartridges when the bullets were placed in the boiler room. They tended to go down in a few steps or immediately. One whitetail got 70 yds before dropping with a high lung shot from a 180gr 300winmag. The bullet placement was the difference, not the velocity or the weight/diameter of the bullet.
I made a "Reverse Texas Heart Shot" once with the 300 Win. Managed to almost miss all the vital even though it was shot center front chest, bullet went over the heart, mostly between the lungs, and caught a piece of the liver before continuing through the abdomen and exiting under the tail. That one made it about 100 yds.
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