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Old fashioned 100g powerpoint will do the trick on a red stag every time. Nothing 'small' about a .243.
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Here is a picture of my son taken last year with a LARGE deer he took with his 6mm Remington shooting 90 gr. Nosler E-tips. It was one shot at 350 yards and this large deer only went about 20 yards and tipped over. The hole on her left shoulder is that wonderful E-tip exiting!! ![[Linked Image]](http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab134/davidwalrod/013-1.jpg) Nice cow! and congrats to your son. dogleg bolt and laminate stock in 6mm? Which model rifle was he using? Or is it a custom?
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I hope you don't receive a visit from Fish & Wildlife regarding the "Large Deer." That's a cow elk!
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I hope you don't receive a visit from Fish & Wildlife regarding the "Large Deer." That's a cow elk! Ya Think?
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I hope you don't receive a visit from Fish & Wildlife regarding the "Large Deer." That's a cow elk! It's gotta be a deer because a .243 would bounce off an elk! 
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If you want to see a fair whitetail buck taken with a .243, take look at our website's new photo gallery, on the home page of www.riflesandrecipes.com. Eileen took the buck about a month ago with her new .243, a semi-custom Husqvarna that I bought off the Campfire classifieds earlier this year. The thing is, Eileen has been resisting trying the .243 because so many people think of it as "the lady's rifle." Of course it worked fine, even on a 200-pound buck. After her buck was dead, I reminded her that she'd killed several fallow deer in Ireland four years ago with a Heym in .243--all with one shot, using Remington Core-Lokt factory loads. About the only people I've known who apparently have trouble killing deer with the .243 Winchester are some gun writers. JB, That deer is a [bleep] PIG! I'd love to bump into a whitetail with bases like that. Tell your wife congrats. Merry Christmas, Travis
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jb- what is the mauser shown on the deer in the pic of you following the one of eileen's buck?
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Travis,
I'll pass the congratulations along!
How'd your season go?
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mjbgalt,
That's my custom 6.5x55. The action is an FN Mauser, with a 3-position Gentry safety and Timney trigger. It's got a 21" stainless Lilja barrel installed by Charlie Sisk, and was Cerakoted by Doug Burche. I did the stock many years ago (when the rifle still had it's .270 Winchester factory barrel) from of a Fajen Classic pre-turned blank of medium-fancy "California English."
It weighs exactly 8 pounds with a 2-7x Leupold Compact, and shoots real well!
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my custom swede does NOT look that good  what a nice rifle. bet it does a nice job. thought charlie was not a big fan of building swedes lol
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It took some arm-twisting to get him to do the rebarrel job. Very soon in the conversation he said, "John, the ------- dimensions are all over the place!"
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With the right brass, they will shoot.. Great looking rifle. As a side note, wife has never had issues with her 243, nor my nephew with a custom Mauser I gave him in 243. Althought mine does not quite look that good.
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You know, all joking aside, the .243 is a great whitetail killer. Some folks go about killing them with .300 Winchester Magnums, and more power to them, but deer don't require that much killing. Last weekend a friend's young daughter cleanly killed a buck with a 243. At the skinning shed I asked the assembly how wives, daughters and young boys do so well with a 243, but as soon as a boy's beard starts to come in he needs a bigger rifle? I never got a good answer. Certainly not an original question, I've read it here many times. But it was fun to ask. Ya know, my dad (75yoa) sits in a teepee style deer blind and bitches every year how tight it is inside to move around with his A-bolt/.280 Rem. He has a sweet little Ruger M77 carbine in .243 that I keep telling him to load up some good ammo for and try on deer. He refuses stating "It's too light and I don't feel like chasing deer all around the swamp because of a bad hit." I truly think he just doesn't want to betray his beloved .280.
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Well, we have eight pages of proof that the .243 is a great Whitetail round. I have one in a Ruger M77 NIB that I bought for my kids for when they are ready to shoot a centerfire. I have so much confidence in it that I am planning on trading it at an upcoming gun show. The boys that I hunt with have terrible luck with that round. We lost another one this season that was shot with the almighty .243. It is becoming a real tradition around here. I know it is a great cartridge but I am having none of it.
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Guess I'll have to quote Phil Shoemaker: "Anyone who claims the 30-06 is not effective has either not used one, or else is unwittingly commenting on their marksmanship."
Substitute .243 for .30-06...
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M D - yes indeed, the 243/6mm s are reliable , deer killers. I would have go thru my records to be accurate, but I've killed several w/both cals.
I know I sound like a broken record about bullets BUT early on in my hand loading I found Hornady bullets to WORK.
Normally I don't shoot heavy for cal bullets but the 100 gr Hornady Ils work dependably & pass thrus are to be expected IME.
For DEER the Hornady 100 grers work so well I don't feel there is a need for a mono bullet.
For mule deer (animals) or larger I can see the monos being better or preferred.
A. Good bullets. B. Shot placement = Dead deer.
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Guess I'll have to quote Phil Shoemaker: "Anyone who claims the 30-06 is not effective has either not used one, or else is unwittingly commenting on their marksmanship."
Substitute .243 for .30-06... Now that is good stuff right there.
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Well, we have eight pages of proof that the .243 is a great Whitetail round. I have one in a Ruger M77 NIB that I bought for my kids for when they are ready to shoot a centerfire. I have so much confidence in it that I am planning on trading it at an upcoming gun show. The boys that I hunt with have terrible luck with that round. We lost another one this season that was shot with the almighty .243. It is becoming a real tradition around here. I know it is a great cartridge but I am having none of it. What bullet? What shot placement?
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My daughter's first deer last year shot with a .243 Win factory Remington 100gr Corelokt ran about 20 yds shot through the heart ![[Linked Image]](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/pacecars/Opening%20day%20deer%202010/DSC_0028.jpg)
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