A friends 13 year old daughter, an accomplished shot and hunter, took a mature cow in Colorado this year with a 243. She was using the 85gr Barnes Triple Shocks over a full load of H414...... The cow was uphill, at approximately 400 yards. She placed a shot directly into the close side shoulder. The cow toppled down the hill and never moved again, graveyard dead so to say. The bullet took out both lungs and excited the offside shoulder. Thats correct, both shoulders. Can't remember what else he said it took out on the inside, but done alot of damage. I know several may refute this, but thats ok. As you know, even with this, I wouldn't recommend a 243 as an elk cartridge, but under the right conditions and in the right hands, they will work.....
