Thread: 243 on deer

Originally Posted by Cowboy

This is a weird thread. The 243 creates carnage. In fact generally the soup that comes out of an animal is worse in my 243 than my 308 and 6. 5s.
This big guy was a couple weeks back and a really solid beast. The shock turned him into a rocking horse. Stiff as a board for a few secs before ground bound.
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This little fella was a bang flop. Needed meat as first stag had turned in the rain and we were in for 2 wks.
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This one snuck up while we wear butchering and hit our scent. Started barking so I ran up the hill 100m and snapped him on the escape. Gave him one at 80m through the bush.
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Considering these are being shot with a 243 out of a 14.5" barrel(which is a terrible length for the calibre), I don't think there's any debate about it's use on deer.

Good post cowboy. 243 def gets the job done. What projectiles are you running for your bush hunts in your trusty okd blr

Mainly factory superformance ssts. I've put many kinds through it tho. Most have done the job. I just like the full on destruction of the sst. One of the stags this roar had had bits of bone and the odd fragment of bullet put a 50c sized hole through the heart, destroy the lungs, bust the base of the neck and damaged the paunch. Thats a wide field of damage.