Is the .243 to small for deer?

[sweeney]

i think tsx bullets are the .243 bullets that bounce off deer.

 

[Kurtr]

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 They are outdated but they are still a good scope.

I would have to go back and look at pictures and ask my uncles to really know. If i had to guess it was a light gun and that scope is cool all external adjusments. I will try and get some pics up of it this evening when i get back to town

 

[USMCDI]

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.

Right, I haven't walked for deer since I was a teen in the 80's and all we used to do was walk cattail sloughs in the day and glass in the evenings. I've gone "Tackleberry" since then and like hydrostatic shock so it's a distance game now, big, fast, suppressed and DRT.

 

[badland mule]

I like the 105 amax

The A-max is a match bullet. You can't use those for hunting.

 

[SDMF]

The A-max is a match bullet. You can't use those for hunting.

SSSHHHHHH!!!!!!!

If you tell the deer that they're gonna leap outta his freezer.

 

[Mort]

I'm shooting the .243 this year....thought I'd do a change up. Is it too small? Hell No.

 

[Enslow]

I prefer road hunting with a .338 lapua. I can shoot over quarters of land that are posted to spots that aren posted. I dont even need to wear boots hunting, just slippers. I aslo like to have a pan of carmel rolls in the pickup. I set a plate on the engine block to warm them up.

 

[Kurtr]

The A-max is a match bullet. You can't use those for hunting.

You forgot the sarcasm emogi......... I hope.

 

[Enslow]

I never liked ballistic tips for hunting and imagine the amax splashes just as much or more than a ballistic tip. I shoot 75 grain amax out of my .22-250 for long range fun and plan to shoot some yotes with it soon. Im betting they rip the coyote up bad.

 

[Kurtr]

They exit with a.quarter size exit. Less expansion than a Berger but more than a bonded bullet. They go through coyote unless your hit shoulder. The 140 6.5 162 7mm and 168 .308 all the ones I have killed stuff with my self. Seen the 105 6mm and 75 in a 22-250 both kill with ease. The 208 out of the big 30's is also a killer way out there. I don't like lead tip as they deform in and out of mag but for most probably not a concern. If I went moose hunting with a .243 I would shoot the partitions and smash both shoulders.

 

[badland mule]

You forgot the sarcasm emogi......... I hope.

I figured the statement was outlandish enough that the emogi was not warranted.

 

[Bed Wetter]

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.

Regardless of caliber, I'll be using a 3x power scope and I'm hunting doe. 7.62x39 drops 6" @ 200, 24" @ 300. Just want to fill a tag with an AK and see what my cheap Russian HPs do.

 

[PC Angler]

I have shot a .243 for 30+ years and my dad has for 50+ without ever having issues with dropping deer. As it was said already, shot placement is the key.

 

[deleted_account]

????? A 22-250 is smaller than a .243.

no

 

[Enslow]

They exit with a.quarter size exit. Less expansion than a Berger but more than a bonded bullet. They go through coyote unless your hit shoulder. The 140 6.5 162 7mm and 168 .308 all the ones I have killed stuff with my self. Seen the 105 6mm and 75 in a 22-250 both kill with ease. The 208 out of the big 30's is also a killer way out there. I don't like lead tip as they deform in and out of mag but for most probably not a concern. If I went moose hunting with a .243 I would shoot the partitions and smash both shoulders.

I know one thing those amax's are fun fun fun to shoot. SDMF helped me develop a load for the 75's. We settled on 38 grains of IMR 4350 and had a muzzle velocity of 3350 plus. Those amax's are fun as hell haha. I have a ruger .243 with a 1:9 twist that im hoping will work for the 105 amax.

 

[svnmag]

Right, I haven't walked for deer since I was a teen in the 80's and all we used to do was walk cattail sloughs in the day and glass in the evenings. I've gone "Tackleberry" since then and like hydrostatic shock so it's a distance game now, big, fast, suppressed and DRT.

How is that "whack" upon impact?

 

[watson]

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

I wasn't speaking directly to you, just a vague generalization of anyone who has thought a .243 is to small.

 

[svnmag]

It is. A 7mm Remington Magnum will totally eviscerate orally if the animal is shot up it's butthole.;:;barf

 

[SDMF]

It is. A 7mm Remington Magnum will totally eviscerate orally if the animal is shot up it's butthole.;:;barf

Depends on range and projectile. Cousin used a 7Rem w/Factory Federal 150n Blue Box and shot a badger ~20yds. Caught him square on the chin, head on and never came out. Used badger goo contained within an intact badger-hide sack, but, he had the same number of orifaci he began life with, albeit the mouth was a tad oversized. No exit wound. A critter roughly 10x the size/weight of the badger probably isn't going to eject his back parts outta his front holes.

 

[You]

Regardless of caliber, I'll be using a 3x power scope and I'm hunting doe. 7.62x39 drops 6" @ 200, 24" @ 300. Just want to fill a tag with an AK and see what my cheap Russian HPs do.

wolf fmjs work like champs on doezies. takes about 6 to take one down. like choppin down an old oak tree. she eventually falls.

fun fact, they tumble, bend, and more often than not, dump the lead core out of the base, leaving the bent fmj leadless in the carcass