Thread: 15 inch 243.

Originally Posted by TimC

I ran a 15" 243 for a while in my 20s. A do it all rifle to shoot bailed pigs and the odd deer. Had gunworks put a big maximus suppressor on it and it was quieter than my mates .223 with longer suppressed barrel. I moved it on after roaring a stag to 20m away and having the 90gr projectile ricochet off its skull between its eyes. Ran off bleeding and made me feel horrible. I tracked it for hours until i could no more. Shot the same stag a couple months later.

Interested to know what the projectile was. Though I guess if the skull is thick enough, and the angle shallow, many projectiles would do the same.

I recall working at the freezing works in my late teens, lucky enough to have a holiday job there, and they had this massive bull come in. Too big to deal with in the normal way, someone shot it with teh captive bolt gun in the head, bounced off the skull, ending in a rather angry bull. One of the guys had 12ga with 00 buckshot in his truck, so tried that. Same result. Ended up dropping it with 2nd shot in back of neck, severed its spine then cut its throat. Dressed out weight was over 700kg. Apparently it has taken the farmer 2 years to get it to the works - kept breaking out of the yards!

but getting off topic now! Must be getting old...

[found it - Google "Chianina" if you think that sounds like bull... ]