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Re: .243 Shooters
[Re: Buckwheat]
#3789021
11/16/22 11:19 AM
11/16/22 11:19 AM
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Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 10,124
Hampton Cove
foldemup
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 10,124
Hampton Cove
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I mostly use one. Remington model 7 SS with Timney trigger, zeiss conquest 3x9x40, 95 gr Bergers. No dog needed
If you want to always win, never play anyone better than you!
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Re: .243 Shooters
[Re: Buckwheat]
#3789030
11/16/22 11:30 AM
11/16/22 11:30 AM
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Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,235
Birmingham,AL
low wall
8 point
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8 point
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,235
Birmingham,AL
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Modern bullets make tracking a lot less likely than it used to be. I've been using one for the last 4-5 years, and if I do my job, the .243 has been a good bullet. However, I've long since learned my limitations as a shooter, and leave the wide open fields to the excellent shooters with beanfield rifles.
Used to be a lifeguard, until that blue kid got me fired.
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Re: .243 Shooters
[Re: Buckwheat]
#3789032
11/16/22 11:31 AM
11/16/22 11:31 AM
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Joined: Mar 2018
Posts: 16,939
Banana Republic
jb20
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Mar 2018
Posts: 16,939
Banana Republic
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I’m a 308 guy but I’ve killed several with a 243…I’d take a 243 rather than anything bigger than a 308 tho…I like short rifles
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Ben Franklin
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Re: .243 Shooters
[Re: Buckwheat]
#3789036
11/16/22 11:47 AM
11/16/22 11:47 AM
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Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 14,175
AL
hunterbuck
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 14,175
AL
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Been killing the hell out of 'em with a 6mm ARC the past two seasons. Seen every one of them fall.
"You think I care? Roll Damn Tide"
Have you tried Google?
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Re: .243 Shooters
[Re: Buckwheat]
#3789044
11/16/22 11:58 AM
11/16/22 11:58 AM
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Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 24,860
Awbarn, AL
CNC
Dances With Weeds
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Dances With Weeds
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 24,860
Awbarn, AL
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You’re just hand cuffing yourself for no reason….There just really isnt a purpose or benefit in using it over other larger calibers iffin you’re a grown man. I honestly think that many folks hunt with them simply for the purpose of trying to prove a point to everyone else…….and that’s kinda a lame reason when the buck of a lifetime is walking straight away from you at 50 yards.
We dont rent pigs
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Re: .243 Shooters
[Re: CNC]
#3789063
11/16/22 12:25 PM
11/16/22 12:25 PM
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Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 14,948
Clanton
Turkey_neck
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 14,948
Clanton
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You’re just hand cuffing yourself for no reason….There just really isnt a purpose or benefit in using it over other larger calibers iffin you’re a grown man. I honestly think that many folks hunt with them simply for the purpose of trying to prove a point to everyone else…….and that’s kinda a lame reason when the buck of a lifetime is walking straight away from you at 50 yards.
Killed the hell out of one running dead away from me when I was young. That argument doesn’t hold water.
Would walk over a naked woman to get to a gobblin turkey!
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Re: .243 Shooters
[Re: Buckwheat]
#3789152
11/16/22 02:16 PM
11/16/22 02:16 PM
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 10,018
USA
marshmud991
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 10,018
USA
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You can shoot a deer with a 50cal and if you don’t hit them where they live, you ain’t gonna find them. I know of many many deer that fell to a well placed shot from a .22LR. It’s not the caliber, it’s the shot placement. I started out hunting with an old 243 Rem 742 and I killed a load of deer with that thing back in the day when I was really mad at them. Did I lose some? Sure but that was the bullets fault, I made bad shots. I had a buddy that bought a 300 mag and lost the first 3 deer he shot with it. It was to much gun for him to handle and the recoil caused him to develop a bad flinch and boogered up 3 different bucks. We made him stop hunting with it and go back to his 270. Started killing deer again. Shot placement kills deer.
It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chews your a$$ all day long.
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Re: .243 Shooters
[Re: marshmud991]
#3789161
11/16/22 02:37 PM
11/16/22 02:37 PM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 18,134
Elmore County
Frankie
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 18,134
Elmore County
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You can shoot a deer with a 50cal and if you don’t hit them where they live, you ain’t gonna find them. I know of many many deer that fell to a well placed shot from a .22LR. It’s not the caliber, it’s the shot placement. I started out hunting with an old 243 Rem 742 and I killed a load of deer with that thing back in the day when I was really mad at them. Did I lose some? Sure but that was the bullets fault, I made bad shots. I had a buddy that bought a 300 mag and lost the first 3 deer he shot with it. It was to much gun for him to handle and the recoil caused him to develop a bad flinch and boogered up 3 different bucks. We made him stop hunting with it and go back to his 270. Started killing deer again. Shot placement kills deer. Yeah , I've seen that magnum flinch some people get . Seen a couple scope eyes too. Lol It's a whole lot of things . I got not nothing against a 243, killed a few deer with one myself. But , as long as I can handle my big guns I'm staying with then . I don't care how he's standing I can kill him . I don't have to wait on that preferred shot.
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Re: .243 Shooters
[Re: Buckwheat]
#3789176
11/16/22 02:57 PM
11/16/22 02:57 PM
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Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 920
ranburne,al
rkt
6 point
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6 point
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 920
ranburne,al
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Hornady superformance .243 95gr sst
Straight killer
Jesus died for you,what are you doing for him?
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Re: .243 Shooters
[Re: Buckwheat]
#3789195
11/16/22 03:06 PM
11/16/22 03:06 PM
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Joined: Apr 2018
Posts: 951
Central Alabama
Super Dave
6 point
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6 point
Joined: Apr 2018
Posts: 951
Central Alabama
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Any Bona-Fide full-time .243 shooters on here?  When he says full time he's not kidding...... Deer, geese, doves, snapper, list goes on and on......  Sorry Buckwheat couldn't resist. I know I'm an a$$hole.  All joking aside, shot placement and bullet construction is where it's at.
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