243 deer bullet

[JeffJ]

Haven't shot 243 in several years. Dad realized this morning he only had three shells left...plus I need to site his gun in apparently.

Any suggestions? Something somewhat easy to find.

[RTC]

watching this one

[chase15]

Remington 100 gr core-lokt

[scott.str]

dont use berger

[txfireguy2003]

Federal Fusions in 95gr (I think that's the weight we use, can't remember, it's close to 100gr though.) Anyway, the Fusions group VERY well out of Kaitlin's rifle, and do well on game. Good penetration, good exit wound etc. She shot a large, wooly ram at Thompson Temple last year, quartered away at about 125 yards. She put it right behind the shoulder and it came out the opposite shoulder after crushing the leg and shoulder bones. Blood trail was amazing, looked like a murder scene. Exit wound was about the size of a tennis ball.

[ctyp3]

Remington 100 gr core-lokt

X2 I shoot these and walmart carries them easy to find. I think I paid 17 a box

[BBReezen]

85gr TTSX Barnes. Figure out what the gun will like the best. Mine doesn't like the 95s and 100s

[Dspivey]

Remington 100 gr core-lokt

Right On!

[Roscoe]

Remington 100 gr core-lokt

X3

Been shooting nothing but these in my 243 for 25yrs +. Always do what they are supposed to do. Never an issue and typically easy to find in stores.

[lovemylegacy]

Haven't shot 243 in several years. Dad realized this morning he only had three shells left...plus I need to site his gun in apparently.

Any suggestions? Something somewhat easy to find.

Federal Premium Nosler Partitions 100gr

[JAB 1]

Remington 100 gr core-lokt

This

[Artos]

I can count on both hands and run out of fingers of all the 100gr corelokts that failed on deer with shots into the shoulder Jeff...I am a fan of the fusion & consider it the best factory bullet (in general) for deer rounds, but it needs to leave the muzzle at 3000fps or less to consistantly stay together. They are pretty tough for such a reasonable priced off the shelf bullet, but the 243 is a sissy when trying to punch through shoulder bones and vitals.

Personally, I would try the fusion only if you cannot find or reload a premium round using the solid copper Barnes x line of bullets as mentioned.

[JohnS]

100 gr winchester ballistic tip. My gun hates the remington core loks.

[HAWG DAWG]

Hornady 58 gr vmax molly coated

[HUNTING_COACH]

Hornady 58 gr vmax molly coated

Don't use this on deer. VMAX is a varmint round. Core-lokt or Federal.