Originally Posted by Orion2000
Originally Posted by rem141r
... the 243 100gr corelokt is deadly on PA whitetails. they have somewhat of a "sissy gun" reputation but they are anything but...

Interesting how times change. I lived in NE PA for 4 years frm '88 to '92. In the area where I lived, at that time, the .222 and .220 Swift were about the "norm" for taking deer. The .243 was considered kinda over kill. One guy bought a 7 rem mag for deer hunting and about got laughed off the farm. The matriarch of the family I hunted with kept an old lever rifle, IIRC a .32-20, propped in the corner next to the kitchen door during deer season. If any deer happened to meander thru the side yard or barn lot while she was cooking, it was hers...


In Lebanon and Sullivan county PA in the 80's and 90's it seemed like everyone used a Remington 760 30-06. I remember seeing a .222 and a .220 Swift afield for deer-once.