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In
the above .243 Winchester chart, I rounded off the lead
figures in
feet;
150 yards is about the limit of most shooter's ability to make killing
shots on running deer. Safety first, shooting at running game can be a
lot more dangerous!
In the .243 Winchester and 6mm Remington, a lot of hunters really like this 95 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip on deer and antelope. Broadside heart/lung shots, --are deadly. I'll
use it or the 100 gr Hornady
interlock
ring in the 243 Winchester. For Whitetail deer, in the 243/06 I
load the the 100 gr Hornady interlock ring with a BC of .405 &
Sectional
Density (SD) of .242 or the 95 grain Hornady SST bullet SD .230 at
around
3,444 fps mv. | 95 gr. Hornady SST .355 B.C. in the 243-06
Wildcat
loading 57.5 grains 4831sc - Federal 215 mag. primers for COYOTES | The 243 Winchester
may work okay using the 95 grain
Hornady SST limited to
broadside shots only on
DEER!
In many southeastern
states in the U.S., deer
are hunted with trail hounds and running shots are the norm.
Those Southeastern states include: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and Virginia. They post themselves at clearings where the hounds will push them through so they can get a quick shot at them in full flight! They use both rifles and shot guns with buckshot, quick shots in clearings at running deer are the rule. For clean kills the proper leads are required with both weapons. (This information is needed by a lot of deer hunters, so bear with me my hunting friends.) I got one shot during the entire 2000 Wisconsin deer season and dropped a nice doe running broadside three-quarter throttle at 100 yards. I admit, I lead from her head instead of from the heart/lung area, so the 100 grain Sierra BT/SP bullet broke her neck, she fell in a pile and never moved. I felt very comfortable and confident taking the shot in an open field, --had I passed that running shot up my entire deer hunting season would have been a total wipe out. It is always better to over lead and miss than to under lead! Know what your skill level is, and don't take a shot you're not confident you can make and unless that the shot is absolutely safe! We need running deer and coyote targets on most of our rifle ranges to foster some friendly competition. Back around the late 1950's and early 1960's they rigged up a pretty good running deer target near Glen Haven, WI. I loved those competitive events, --we need more of them today! The winner of each group of 5 or 6 shooter's got (I believe) a frozen turkey or turkey breast. In this age of technology advancements we need to have moving targets at every rifle range! Lets get it done, some commercial enterprise could make a ton of money designing and selling workable moving rifle target systems. Rick Jamison writer for Petersen's
Hunting
Magazine, July 2002, p- 20, Guns & Loads Article Long
Rangers, - http://www.huntingmag.com
says in essence that for deer sized game you need a minimum of 1000
ft/lbs
of energy and 2000 ft/sec velocity at the impact range for adequate
bullet
expansion. The bullet needs a sectional density between .215 to .265
and
a high ballistic coefficient for long range shots. You can look at the various ballistic tables I have on the Net and determine the approximate outer range limit your cartridge and selected bullet will be capable of killing a deer with a well placed shot. If you can't put the bullet in the vital kill zone don't take the shot no matter how capable the cartridge you're using is at that range. Today,
03/04/07, I just saw on the Men's Channel - Dish-TV CH 218, a massive
old Elk shot at over 200-yards & dropped in his tracks with a
.243-Winchester with open iron sights. They did not mention the
bullet
weight or construction type, however, it proved to me that a Well
Placed .243 bullet at 200-yards will deck the biggest Elk that walks.
Therefore, my 243/06 Wildcat ought to do the job on big Whitetails, big
Mule Deer and on Elk with the Grand Slam bullet. In the 243
Winchester for Mule deer & Elk, I would use the 100-grain Remington
Core-Lokt Ultra factory cartidges, if reloading I would use the
100-grain Speer Grand Slam Bullets
==================== I
filled an empty gallon plastic milk jug with water and
shot it
with the new 95 grain SST bullet. It appeared to be the most explosive
bullet I have tested in my .243 Winchester. The hydraulic shock of this
bullet ought to be devastating. On
10/17/04, I
filled 3 one gallon plastic milk jugs with water lined in
a row at 15 yards and shot them using my Remington 722 with a 22" BBL,
in 243
Winchester using the Hornady 95 grain SST bullet and 44 grains of RL
19. It blew the first two up big time and went through the third
one
gallon jug of water. This should be a very good terminal performance
bullet on deer in the 243 Winchester caliber cartridge.
Also, the Terminal Performance of the 100 grain Hornady Interlock bullets perform very well, even in my 6mm-06 or, 243/06 Wildcat.
Click on SST - Super Shock Tipped Bullets A Page
full of my links For
those receiving my printed out hard copies, this is how
you
get
to those links! There are no spaces between words, you have to use_for
the space, put in your browser's address window! All low case! |