Killed truckloads with a .243. The gun is not the problem.

243 is all you need for Alabama wildlife.
Kills them dead.

I got the flinch before over a 300 ultra mag - buddy gav me a steal on it i could not pass up. Got the moon between the eyes to when it knocked my head off

I Lov my 270 and gone try a new 308 some this year

I hav not really give my 243 much of a chance - but I would not be afraid to go w it. Bought it for boy r if the wife wanted to go. Took it to range the other day - it shot good

Just no reason to go with a .243 over something like a 30-06......

Always funny how women and children have zero issues killing deer stone dead with 234’s. But, hairy chested men need something larger. I have shot 300RUM, 300win, 300wby, 35 Whelen, 270win, 30-06. I got tired of hearing how the 243 just wasn’t lethal enough. So I had one built and started using it almost full time. I see no difference in distance traveled post bullet placement. I load Nosler partitions and I hunt with absolute confidence 0-300 yards. It’s never let me down.

What about the call that goes…….”I know I hit him good but I just cant find any blood…..I don’t think I got an exit hole because of the angle he was standing…..You know I’m shooting a .243”

After watching my son hit that buck twice in the shoulder I dont know if Ill ever shoot that 243 again. Ill give him a shotgun with slugs before we do that.

Kinda sounds like the guy over in the bow forum on the shoulder shot thread telling everyone about the one time he blew through both shoulders with a rage……We know how that goes though too don’t we??

He wasn’t shooting a Berger or TTSX

Hats off to you guys that shoot them. I understand it’s a great low recoil round for kids. I’ve just seen too many horror stories to take one to the woods.

Get him to come down and back a little and he'll neve loose another. 100gr ammo

He'll run a little ways but he'll be spraying blood out both sides

This^ But I like the Hornady 95 Grain SST.

What bullet were he shooting? 2 hits in the shoulder and it didn’t kill the deer. I would think he didn’t hit anything vital. I hate it for the kid.

If the best one can do is hit a Grapefruit at 100 yards then YES by all means go with a 30-'06.....300 short mag.....270. But if you can hit a golfball at 100 yards then the .243 is for you!!

100 gr corlokt

Here and never had a problem killing deer with it

I’ve killed literally over 100 deer with that round alone. It’ll kill any whitetail in AL with a shoulder shot. Killed several 200+ Lb bucks with shoulder shots. I generally attempt a double lung with the .243 but I won’t hesitate with shoulder if that’s what I have. A 100 grain projectile traveling at 3100-3200 fps with a lead core is not going to be stopped or deflected by leg bone in a deer. I certainly haven’t found that to be the case anyway.

.243----Just like your first encounter with a Red-Headed Woman....FAST HOT.....and there's FIRE in th' HOLE!!

When I hunted with mine I started out shooting the Remington 85gr hollow points. It would make a mess of these marsh deer here which is the same size deer we have in Monroe co. I switched to the 100gr Corlokt and it killed them just fine. Not as messy but did a good job killing them. My daughter shoots the 100gr Hornady interlocks in hers. She’s yet to pull the trigger on a deer as this is her first season with it. Every other deer she killed was with a .233 and 62gr fusions. Furthest one went was about 50yds.

Have been using a 243 for About 12 years now with no issues. It’s an accurate rifle and most are dead right there or less than 50 yds. Love my gun.