Originally Posted by Skeezix
Originally Posted by navlav8r
One of my favorite loads for my 240 Wby was with their 105 spitzer, a very good bullet for deer but…….discontinued a while back. 😡

Yeah, the old .243 cal Speer 105 gr HotCor spitzer was a great deer bullet out of .243s, 6mms, and the 240 Wby. I guess the next best one they have now for deer in that caliber is the 100 gr Grand Slam.

I was one of the main wounded game trackers in our old hunting club and I don't remember ever having to track one shot with the Speer 105 gr HotCor, but LOTS shot with other .243 cal bullets (except for NPT's). This was back before bonded core and good monolithic bullets were generally available. Unless a person was somebody known to be a serious hunter that was very careful with shot placement, I hated to see folks show up with anything .243/6mm cal.

Sloppy shot placement from any cartridge is going to result in wounded deer. Poor marksmen aren't likely to shoot harder recoiling rifles better than a .243 and simple horsepower in a bad spot doesn't anchor game better than a properly placed .243 bullet.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.