Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters 243 Winchester factory ammo for Antelope.

I tried the reg 100gr SP WW stuff in a 20.5" Ruger #1 RSI.
Deer was 50 yards, double lunged, almost broadside.
Rib hit on entrance.
Little hole in and out, he ran 50 yards, stopped for a couple seconds, and then walked 75 more yards and fell over.
So I went over and popped him again.

The ammo shot great in my rifle (cloverleaf at 75 yards.........only had 4X and was woods hunting so zeroed for that).

Switched to 95gr Deer Season XP and saw nothing big enough to test on the following yr.

Sold that rifle ( a little too pretty to push the creek bottoms) and got a beater .35 rem 760.
Still have a 700 in .243 though.

Reg 100gr WW.............only one kill. Not impressed.
Bought a few boxes of their 150 gr .30-06 stuff.

If raining I'll take my bad weather rifle out and give one a whirl.