Tim_in_TN,
I didn't read the thread, so don'tknow if anyone addressed killing deer and elk with the 100 grainer.
A friend was going to use his .243 on elk with factory loads. I asked if he would use reloads if I gave them to him. He said he would. They ran about 3,100 feet per second. His first elk was through the heart broadside from about fifty yards. The bullet stopped under the hide on the far side (19" penetration). Perfect partition performance. The five point ran less than 100 yards. His next elk was a cow he shot in the head. A .22 Mag would have worked for that.
I shot a mule mule deer at a quartering toward me angle. The bullet entered close to the shoulder and stopped in the back leg (22"). Again it looked like what you see in the adds.
I don't remember the other guys groups, but mine were 3" at 300 yards for three shots.
