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Hunting by Game/Technique => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: gunner on Sep 14, 2013, 10:46:13 PM
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Please any advice : I know that many might suggest getting a different caliber rifle ----but that is not an option. I have a 243 that I will be using this deer season. I don't re-load, so I've been shooting the Remington 100gr bullets. They have been grouping very well for me. Does anyone have a preference for a better store bought hunting shell ???? Thanks Gunner
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If it is grouping well, I wouldn't fix it. I always get Federal. If you've found one that groups well and accurate, I wouldn't change.
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I Have 2 a BAR and the BPR They both are 243 's I tyred the Remington's didn't like them , Switched the federal premium's 100 gr.
What a difference they made ; If you are getting nice and tight groups sounds like it's a nice round for that gun stick with it Good luck ;D
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Thanks guys, I might try the Federals just to see how they work....Not to get another thread going but have you guys had success with the 243 on deer and if so where did you place your shot ??? Thanks again and to anyone else that can give some advise. Gunner
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coreloss bullets will do the job on perfecly placed shots. marginal shots with the 243 and ANY cup and core bullet is a crap shoot. might be okay or it might be disaster. i shot lots of deer with a 243 when i was a little kid and all died after a short death run. some were with coreliss ammo but when dad started loading premium bullets in that cal for me there was a huge difference in on game performance. these days u can buy factory ammo loaded with those bullets. iff i were you, no question in my mind i would be hurling either a barnes tsx/ttsx or my favorite, the nosler partition. its lights out.
BP
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Is that nosler in a hand-load or a store bought ??? Once again I don't have the means to re-load my own... Gunner
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store bought. many manufacturers load premiums bullets made by othe companies these days. and with light calibers i would want a premium. for the money and how many times u fire at an animal in a season its worth it. and u owe it to the animal. besides, ammo is the cheapest part of the hunt/gear and is about the most important. i use coreloss for practice and to accumulate new brasd but i re sight if needed and hunt with my home grown stuff.
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Remington core-lokt psp bullets are the best store bought deer bullets for the money.
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Remington core-lokt psp bullets are the best store bought deer bullets for the money.
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Remington core-lokt psp bullets are the best store bought deer bullets for the money.
x3...iv used them the past 3 seasons and have killed 7 deer with them in 30-06 165 grain...not one took a step just went stright down
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Thank you for your help and advice! Since my gun shoots the rems well, I will stick with them for now. Gunner
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Remington core-lokt psp bullets are the best store bought deer bullets for the money.
lol uh huh..... and obama is all for the second amendment.
coreloss bullets are okay at besy in heavier calibers but light cartridges they sre NOT that great. sry.
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I have lost deer with remington core-lock 180 grain psp's and other deer I have hit so hard that I felt bad about it, the remingtons seem to be feast or fammon.
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are you shooting them through the shoulders or behind the shoulder in the heart/lung area. Gunner
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I have lost deer with remington core-lock 180 grain psp's and other deer I have hit so hard that I felt bad about it, the remingtons seem to be feast or fammon.
dont use the 180s on deer..those are whats used for moose bear elk and larger game...you wont get full expansion in the 180s on a whitetail...try dropping down to the 150 or 165 like i said b4 iv used them for 3 season as well as my wife father and brother..between all of us we have taken over 15 deer in the last 3 seasons with them and they make a great big hole
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shouldnt mattet. a good bullet works on any and all angles EVERYTIME. nosler partition. nuff said. read about it and they arent that expensive.
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Gunnar I shoot a 7mm08 remmington 120 grains so a light bullet like yours and I have shot deer in both the shoulder and just behind it shots to the shoulder have dropped them in there tracks but most I the time needed a follow up shot. Shots to the heart lung area some drop right there other take a short death run. I prefer just begin the shoulder as it won't ruin te meat a shoulder shot does
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My wife shoots 100 gr rem core lokt's out of her 243 and has yet to lose one -even with a few marginal hits :-\ they aren't called the deadliest mushroom in the woods for nothing !
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lol what a catchy slogan eh'
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150 GR core lokt PSP in .30-06 typically drops them in their tracks for me and I got my last 2 boxes on sale for $14.99 each. That was before the NY Safe Act drove the price of ammo sky high. for white tails 150 GR is plenty of bullet. For your .243 the 100 GR kills deer very well. They don't go far at all if you put a shot in their vitals. One of the guys in our group shoots a Remington 760 in .243 and it is a sweet deer gun.
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I reload but I like to buy rounds as well when I need new brass so when I do that I want rounds I can hunt with. I shoot Hornady's American Whitetail ammo for this reason. Really nice brass and I can shoot sub-moa with them from the store. They come in 100gr .243. My mom shoots a .243 and all the deer she has ever shot with that gun have died either on the spot or after a short run. I'm with the other poster, I like to him them behind the shoulder not in it, it ruins less meat that way. I get a lot of bang, flop, dead using the American Whitetail 150gr in .308. They have Hornady Interlock bullets in them so bullet performance has always been really good for me and I reload with the same bullet.
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i wanns clear something up before someone takrs what am saying the wrong way.
i aint sayin they wont or dont kill effectivley. im just simply saying that they are NOT up to the task as a premium like s barnes or a partition over a wider range of situations such as angle , penitration and expansion, holding together at close range and drive deep at long ranges etc. thats the simple truth of it. that is ss clear as i can think to put it. have fun and good kuck this season.
btw. i will buy any spent brass u dont want.
BP
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Thanks guys---The reason I started this thread was because I shot a nice doe last year at about 80 yds. She arched right up and left a pretty good blood trail for a short distance but we lost her without any snow. The first deer that I ever lost.. I was heart sick. Not a good night's sleep!! I thought maybe I might have banged my scope. So the next day a fairly small doe came by at about 40 yds. I said I will aim for the head if I miss it's the gun if not I won't be wasting any meat-----so bang flop. Which still makes me wonder what I did wrong on the first doe ???? So this was why I asked about bullets--- by the way, the doe may have been small but man-o-man how super tender-wow. Gunner
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dont use the 180s on deer..those are whats used for moose bear elk and larger game...you wont get full expansion in the 180s on a whitetail...try dropping down to the 150 or 165 like i said b4 iv used them for 3 season as well as my wife father and brother..between all of us we have taken over 15 deer in the last 3 seasons with them and they make a great big hole
I have taken fully expanded bullets out of deer before, sometimes I don't even get a pass through.