Originally Posted by Magnum_Bob
Originally Posted by T_Inman
Originally Posted by Magnum_Bob
The same shot as the first with a 243 would have put her down and out on the spot.


May I ask how you're so sure about this?

Sure you can ask, I've shot them at the same angle with the 243 and 6mm rem the bullets don't deflect they go right thru into the chest cavity. 5 years ago I hit a 14" buck in the same spot with my 280 and found that 140gr solid base Nosler in the hindquarter ,full front to rear penetration . It is why the best shot is a perpendicular dbl lung shot if you can get it, they just don't allways cooperate though. MB


I suspect the bullet I hit the buck with 2 days ago didn't deflect either. I just hit further right than I wanted to, and it missed anything immediately vital. I still fail to see how an identical hit with a .243" bullet would have made a difference, unless that bullet broke up and sent pieces (or even bone pieces) into the lungs. If that's the case, then wouldn't the same principle apply if I had used a more frangible bullet out of my .223 two days ago?