.243 Win is my primary deer rifle / meat harvester / pig eliminator
Savage Stevens 200 factory barrel .243 1x9.25 twist
SWFA Super Sniper FIXED 12X scope........Thank You Formidilosus.
SPEER 85 btsp............$15.00 for 100 at Grafs and Sons..........kills chit flat dead.
Winchester brass........loaded...I forgot how many times....
Winchester Primer
39 grains IMR 7383 (pull down powder) Same burn rate as IMR 4350.........about 2730 fps as per my chrono...
Works all the way out to 300 yds......six pig can attest to that.....2 dead deer....one spike and one 8 point.
Where we/I hunt can be rocky and filled with cactus and small hills....to heavy brush under growth with lots of small mesquite..more cactus..and kind of flat land......So it varies a bit........All South of San Antonio Texas...
Everybody in our camp carries a gun for snakes (you have to). Mine is .410 Bond Arms Deringer or my LCR with home brewed .38 shot shells.
