Is the .243 to small for deer?

[Kurtr]

Should feel like an idiot for asking

If your speaking to me it sailed over your head if not carry on

 

[bigcatpike]

Going 7.62 this year. Trying to decide between x39 or x51. Both make me giggle. (Not FULL giggle. They're all broken by the ATF so only one bang per trigger pull.)

I would get the 7.62x51. Shoots flatter. I know it costs more for plinking or "fun" ammo, but it should work better for deer at longer ranges.

 

[Kickemup]

More than enough. A 243 is going to do alot more damage than an arrow and people don't have a problem with that.

 

[SDMF]

.243 with a 100 grain partition is a bang flop scenario.

Make mine an 85 TSX.

 

[Kurtr]

I like the 105 amax

 

[Ristorapper]

Hunted my entire life with a .243 Win. Model 88. Uncle used a 22-250. Don't ever recall a deer getting away on us, ever. Shot placement is, of course the key as stated.

 

[SDMF]

I like the 105 amax

The source of my longest kill to date.

 

[USMCDI]

Not a fan of it, over half of the deer that "were shot somewhere else and ended up in my yard or my tree rows" type deal are 95% of the time shot with somthing less than .30 cal. Every stuatuon dictates but if you kick up the biggest buck of your life and he's running straight away through cattails I'll be glad I shoot a .30 cal.

 

[Kurtr]

That's why I don't walk.for deer but I guess the country a person hunts in might dictate that. All the deer I have shot have not even known that I was present.

 

[Enslow]

Not a fan of it, over half of the deer that "were shot somewhere else and ended up in my yard or my tree rows" type deal are 95% of the time shot with somthing less than .30 cal. Every stuatuon dictates but if you kick up the biggest buck of your life and he's running straight away through cattails I'll be glad I shoot a .30 cal.

Ive shot 170 class whiteys in cattails with a .243, the 100 grain partition will go up the butt and out the chest.

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Ive shot 170 class whiteys in cattails with a .243, the 100 grain partition will go up the butt and out the chest.

That being said the deer can run a fair distance with ass shots from a .243 so i get your point.

 

[svnmag]

Why you be shootn' de deer up his ass?

 

[Enslow]

Why you be shootn' de deer up his ass?

I hid your fathers watch up my ass for 5 long years in that hanoi pit of hell.

 

[SDMF]

Why you be shootn' de deer up his ass?

'Cause although antlers don't taste as good as meat, they do last a hell of a lot longer.

 

[KDM]

Somebody said a 243 will just bounce off a deer.....or maybe that was a 223......or a 22-250. I can't keep it straight. That's why I hunt deer with a Dodge. That and I can't seem to get a rifle tag in ND.

 

[Enslow]

Somebody said a 243 will just bounce off a deer.....or maybe that was a 223......or a 22-250. I can't keep it straight. That's why I hunt deer with a Dodge. That and I can't seem to get a rifle tag in ND.

Thee beans gaveth thee thy giant horns and taketh thee tags away.

 

[Pigsticker]

IMHO, .243 is too small to adequately kill deer but anything in the 22-250 range should suffice and do the job just fine...

 

[Davey Crockett]

Martini? Front of the breech block tips down?

I'm partial to my grandpa's .218bee he got built back in the 50's with the unterl scope. Breach loading sweet little gun but the extractor broke and need to get it fixed

Did he shoot 50' competition with a 218 Bee ? Is this a position rifle or a light rifle ? You will like that Unertl for target shooting. They are outdated but they are still a good scope.

 

[wildeyes]

Been shooting a savage lever 243 for 36years kills deer. That's what its made for.

 

[Plain Skeeter]

Guns don't kill deer, people lucky enough to draw a ND tag kill deer. More than enough gun.

 

[Sub_Elect]

I put my 7mm out to pasture in favor of a .243 Tikka. Shoots great, ammo is cheap and, inside of 200 yards it kills deer dead. I bring the 7mm out for my buck tags, elk and when I feel like cutting holes in critters.