Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters .243 Win - 80 gr TTSX or 85 gr TSX Factory Ammo?

Good points, all. My 11 year old son accompanied me on this year's deer rifle season hunt. We were fortunate enough to take a buck on the first day.

Presently, I do not have a .223ish rifle. However, a relative, who also happens to own a .35 Rem. as do I, has loaded me some .358 cast bullets at about 900 fps for my Rem 760. The LOP won't be proper, but I've been told that these loads have felt recoil about equivalent to a .22 Mag.

I think I will have my son shoot these from about 25 yards before the .243 just to get him started with a scoped centerfire.

I'm thinking spring gobbler and small game will be on next year's agenda before any deer hunting.