the best 243 win bullet

[Ringbill27]

This right here is the problem. I have met many of these types of “hunters”… totally half assed approach. Cheap rifle, crap scope, crap rings, cheapest ammo (sometimes different types at once), “zero” the rifle on a paper plate with a couple of shots while leaning over the hood of the truck, no practice, etc etc…

This is a people problem, not a 243 problem, and honestly an embarrassment to the hunting/firearms community and totally unethical/irresponsible behavior.

Your experience is based on the worst of circumstances and behavior; garbage in- garbage out.

I’m with you here. I believe a good shooter can still shoot a cheap rifle better than the person to described above. Most rifles can out perform the shooter.

 

[Rich M]

I dropped to 243 and shot a 150# class deer with it. 100 gr partition. 50 yds. Drt. Was like “cool”.

Prior one for me was a 300# mule deer 220 yards, federal blue box 100 gr. 6 inch penetration on high shoulder shot, never even fell over. 2nd shot behind shoulder dropped it and was found under skin. Still got up and run when i walked up to it. Shot it again. Thing was freaking huge.

That’s all 243 experience i got. Like the gun, shoots nice, no recoil, just got these little bullets.

Seen others shot w 243 and helped track em. Not a premier caliber. 350 Legend is better if inside say 200 yds. Makes a big leaky hole and tyically has enough weight to punch thru.

 

[Jdunning4152]

For all copper- TTSX/LRX. For bonded Accubond/ABLR

 

[gooses]

The 80gr Barnes TTSX is the most effective bullet I have used in any cartridge.

Every deer I've ever shot with it just dropped. People make fun of the 243 but nothing else I use can do this.

 

[FLHunter87]

so i am wanting to know the best 243 win ammo for deer hunting i shot 2 deer at about 100 each with the horandy superformance 95 grain sst and first deer no blood second deer three drops and no more. i shot some remington corelokt 80 grain and they didnt group good so i am gonna try some fedral powershock 100 grain but i want to know the best bullet for blood on deer 100 hundred yard shot i can not have them run no more than 250 yards. also do you think a 300 weatherby mag is too much for deer with a 180 grain accubond because i asked in a diffrent thread the best bullet out of that 180 grn to 200 grn projectoille range and people was like why do you need such a big gun on deer at 100-150 yards and i explained to them about the 243 and what happend to me and my bad experince. also i kinda think its personell perfernce because my brother shot a deer with a 30-30 and it wasted more meat with a 150 grain bullet than my 300 weatherby wit a 180 gr accubond.

Man i was going to say the 95 SST are money. My mom shots that with her 243. We have never had an issue with tracking a deer and have yet had to do that. They all have dropped or have gone 20-30 yards at most. She has had about 50-200 yard range with all her shots and all end the same way.

Any caliber will work. Shot placement will always matter especially with the bigger calibers. I use a 6.5 PRC and this past week I put the 147ELDM reloads to work. Bullet impressed me, very minimal meat damage if anything, the only thing I disliked is that it literally blew everything thing up internally, even guts. All good shot placements as well. They are a killing machine, I personally not a fan of the blowing everything up, as it made a huge mess and stunk stunk while skinning.