I have seen a total of two deer taken with a 243 win. First one shot by my nephew about 8 yrs ago, did not impress me - medium doe shot at 90 yds with Federal Blue Box 100 gr ammo, ran about 40 yds and laid down - took another finishing shot to kill it. Second did impress me - this one last fall a nice non-typical 8 pointer shot at about 100 yds with 100 gr Partition. Ran/staggered about 30 yds then stopped and dropped. Bullet performance was very similar to what I've seen over the past 15 years with a 7-08 - nickel to quarter size exit, trashed lungs. I really like the 243 win after that one. I'll keep using it until I have a good reason not to.

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