The 240wby paired with a 100gr Sierra has caused many a sad night.
Two of the bigger bucks ever seen at the place we hunt in Colorado got away using this combo. I was behind the trigger on the last buck...I still have nightmares.
The 240wby is a hard gun to find a bullet for. I've settled on the 80gr TTSX or 85gr TSX, and to be perfectly honest I find the 240wby a more suitable antelope rifle than big mule deer. Shots within 100yds, the bullets are traveling so fast they usually don't open up, piercing through like a needle... Many guys have had good success with the 100gr partition. I would stay clear of the 100gr Sierra paired with the 240wby. Now the .243win, thats a different story.
If I had any intention of using this rifle as close range gun, I'd probably stay away from CnC bullets altogether. I do have some 85TSX that may get their turn in it eventually. However, for the time being I plan on using this rifle to shoot does over bean fields where shots of 200yds+ are more the norm. The ballistics on the Sierra out of the 240 show the bullet slowing to about 2800fps at that range, so I figure they should perform as intended.
