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Other than you are a one gun man with a bigger caliber, why would you ever feel the need to use anything bigger than a .243 Win for whitetail?



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I have been a fan of the 7mm/08 for 20 plus years, but with modern projectiles, I have trouble seeing a need for anything more than my old 6mm Remington when Whitetail season opens.

Deer just don't require that much killing.


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Originally Posted by ltppowell
Other than you are a one gun man with a bigger caliber, why would you ever feel the need to use anything bigger than a .243 Win for whitetail?



Because you can?



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Why not a 25-35? It was killing deer 60 years before anyone decided they needed a 243...


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Other than you are a one gun man with a bigger caliber, why would you ever feel the need to use anything bigger than a .243 Win for whitetail?



Because you can?



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Originally Posted by shrapnel


Why not a 25-35? It was killing deer 60 years before anyone decided they needed a 243...


That's a "want" not a need. I'm a quarter-bore queer.


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I've killed whitetails with bigger than a 243 and smaller than a 243, but never with a 243. Need to fix that this season.


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Originally Posted by ltppowell
Other than you are a one gun man with a bigger caliber, why would you ever feel the need to use anything bigger than a .243 Win for whitetail?

Ain't no "need" for anything bigger. I have used rifles from .223 to .375H&H to kill KY WT Deer. The .243 with a 95gr NPT kills 'em just as dead as the others... Mostly one shot, DRT's, to boot...



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Just finished putting together a 99F .243. GONNA HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT COME DEER SEASON. powdr

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I've kilt 'em with 45 different cartridges ranging from .221 Fireball to .404 Jeffery. None have died any quicker than the ones I've shot with the .243 & 6mm.

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In general, you have a good point. However, Northern whitetails can weigh two or three times what average Southeastern or Texas bucks do. Some folks hunt where bears or moose might also be legal game. Long range also favors something heavier.

Texan John Wooters once wrote about rifles suitable for trophy bucks. He wa a big .257 Bob fan, but as I recall, his list of suitable cartridges for trophy bucks began with the .25/06 and that was marginal.

I used a .243 for the first time last season and killed a spike. It did a good job, but if I thought that there were any bucks of real size on the public land I hunt these days, I'd pack something bigger.


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Originally Posted by ltppowell
Other than you are a one gun man with a bigger caliber, why would you ever feel the need to use anything bigger than a .243 Win for whitetail?



Beats me.

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Pappy348 have a valid point there with the size of the animals. First of all I have to say that I have never hunted deer but I see plenty of deer sized animals being hunted each year. I have read deer can weigh more that 400lb and if that is the case a 243 can be a very slow killer on larger animals. Over the years game farmers in South-Africa started banning the use of 243 and smaller cartridges on their farms for a very good reason, because 1000s of animals were wounded only to be found a week later long after hunters have left.

I know probably 50000 guys now wants to tell me that they have never wounded anything with a 243, but the same thing goes for the all the Kudus that were hunted with 222s, it does not make it the ideal choice. At 180m plus the 243 can kill very slowly on light to med game as the light bullet slows down and does not have the energy and speed to make a good wound channel, we have seen this on plenty of Imapala and Blesbuck.

The 243 is still a great cartridge for light game but 400lb is not light.

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Originally Posted by SCGunNut
I've kilt 'em with 45 different cartridges ranging from .221 Fireball to .404 Jeffery. None have died any quicker than the ones I've shot with the .243 & 6mm.


I've kilt as well as with cal's .223,243 257, 264, 277, 308, 323, 338, 350, 366, 375,& 45. IIRC most died quicker from .264 up.

Course, there is something to be said for good shot placement and distance to target.

As always, your mileage may vary.



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Originally Posted by ltppowell
Other than you are a one gun man with a bigger caliber, why would you ever feel the need to use anything bigger than a .243 Win for whitetail?



You meant 243 Ackley, of course........
THAT goes clear to elk.


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because the .243 is as queer as the .270


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Between me and my son we've killed several deer with a 243 using 100gr Rem Corelokts. We never lost one and the ones that ran went a shorter distance than with a larger caliber cartridge. He shot one doe at over 200 yards and she was DRT. I never recovered a 243 bullet but my son did recover two. One was a head on shot and the bullet was in the paunch and the other was through both shoulders and just under the skin. YMMV


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I always preferred .30 caliber holes in living game! Never did catch on to the 243 win.

I started with a poorly fitted savage 110 in 30.06 for my first rifle and hated it. I sold it and purchased a Tikka 595 in 243 winchester. I tried it for 2 deer seasons and never really cared for it other than it had less recoil. I went back to the 30.06 and never looked back.


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