My son shot his first animal last year, it was a mule deer buck at 150 yards with my old Marlin xs7 in .243, with a chopped down stock to fit him. I was using federal ammo with 100 gr soft tip bullets I got from sportsman’s warehouse, it did a great job 1 shot dropped him.
Fast forward to this year we want to go black bear hunting in Wa state, and we’re going to go deer hunting again. He shoots the gun really well and he is small for his age so I don’t want to put him behind a bigger gun. I plan on keeping his range to 300 yards and closer. I reload so I have been looking at different bullet choices. The barrel twist on those old marlins is 1-10”. I have tried to shoot Nosler 105’s and it didn’t work. So what is everybody’s recommendation for my slow twist .243? I don’t mind using match bullets cause I need them to open up fast and create big wound channels.
Nosler 95 gr BT
Hornaday 90 gr ELDX
Other?
Fast forward to this year we want to go black bear hunting in Wa state, and we’re going to go deer hunting again. He shoots the gun really well and he is small for his age so I don’t want to put him behind a bigger gun. I plan on keeping his range to 300 yards and closer. I reload so I have been looking at different bullet choices. The barrel twist on those old marlins is 1-10”. I have tried to shoot Nosler 105’s and it didn’t work. So what is everybody’s recommendation for my slow twist .243? I don’t mind using match bullets cause I need them to open up fast and create big wound channels.
Nosler 95 gr BT
Hornaday 90 gr ELDX
Other?