.243 for deer ?
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You have picked the right caliber then. The 243 is absolute death on coyotes with any weight of bullet, and when you step up to the heftier weights it is a great deer cartridge too. I have taken whitetails, mulies and two elk with my 243 and I love it. Great plinking caliber as well. Im thinking about picking up a model seven CDL in 243 to compliment my current 700 classic.
Edit: I do not have any expirience with the corelokt bullets.
Edit: I do not have any expirience with the corelokt bullets.
My father uses a Rem 7400 .243 for deer and loves it. So far all the deer he has gotten with it were one shot kills. I think as long as the shooter does his (or her) part the .243 makes a fine deer rifle. In fact I just picked up a Rem 700 .243 from a fellow gunnut to use as my caribou rifle.
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Personally, if I was you I'd look at the .260, covers the same roles just a smidge better if you ask me. 
I've tried both, like both, but prefer the .260, the .243's just got a bit too much case capacity and is a bit inefficient in my mind.
I've tried both, like both, but prefer the .260, the .243's just got a bit too much case capacity and is a bit inefficient in my mind.
Suka
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Have hunted deer almost exclusively with a blr .243 from the time I was 16 until about 44 when my son laid claim to it. Don't know how many deer and antelope, but lots, at least 2/yr, sometimes more.
Early yrs. used mostly 87gr, tried up to 110gr. I believe now nosler makes a partition around 90gr. That'd be my bullet choice for deer.
Nearly all of my successful hunts were one shot, drop on the spot. A .243 is fast, flat, and very accurate.
Only once I had an animal run, a running antelope, aimed just behind the shoulder; when the bullet landed it's leg was back, and hit it in the bone just below the shoulder joint(shot a couple inches further fwd than intended). Broke the leg, but did not penetrate the chest. Luckily last shot in the clip did the job, but taught me a .243 lesson: chest good, neck good, shoulder bad.
If you go with the .243 I'm sure you'll be happy with it.
Have hunted deer almost exclusively with a blr .243 from the time I was 16 until about 44 when my son laid claim to it. Don't know how many deer and antelope, but lots, at least 2/yr, sometimes more.
Early yrs. used mostly 87gr, tried up to 110gr. I believe now nosler makes a partition around 90gr. That'd be my bullet choice for deer.
Nearly all of my successful hunts were one shot, drop on the spot. A .243 is fast, flat, and very accurate.
Only once I had an animal run, a running antelope, aimed just behind the shoulder; when the bullet landed it's leg was back, and hit it in the bone just below the shoulder joint(shot a couple inches further fwd than intended). Broke the leg, but did not penetrate the chest. Luckily last shot in the clip did the job, but taught me a .243 lesson: chest good, neck good, shoulder bad.
If you go with the .243 I'm sure you'll be happy with it.
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jdemora said:
For Deer?
Just spend 10$ more and choose the Core-Lokt Ultra bonded bullet 100gr. I have read a good report on this tough little bullet.
The bonded process prevent core separation wich will probably happens on a bone with a 3000fps 100gr regular bullet.
If you reload some Barnes and Nosler partition are a good choice for deer.
