best off shlf 243 deer round

pwillie

Grand sons rifle single shot 243..???

rufe-snow

If your going to use a single shot 243 for deer. Use one loaded with the barnes solid alloy TX bullets.




http://www.barnesbullets.com/ammunition/vor-tx-rifle/

perry shooter

federal 100 grain nosler partitioned never fail to get the job done

tsr1965

I am with Rufe...the Barnes Tipped TSX in 80 grains. You do not need to worry about the weight, they will perform better than any conventional lead core, or partition bullet of 100 grains.

He Dog

The one that shoots with greatest consistency and accuracy in THAT particular rifle. I like Hornady, but you gotta try a bunch of rounds and see what that rifles likes best.

charliemeyer007

Depends on the rifle. Make sure your ammo extracts 100%, several single shots come to mind that are weak in the extraction department. It never fails when you need the follow up shot the rifle jams. Nickeled cases are slicker, though they fail sooner but IMHO it can be a good trade off.

I would pay extra for the good bullets for actual hunting, trigger time could be other bullets. I would have him shoot a few rounds of the hunting load at various yardages to get a good feel for the trajectory. Masking tape on the off side with the numbers can be handy.

I load all my ammo except rimfire. Store bought stuff might be OK.

wolfpack

My son, daughter and I have taken around 10 deer with Winchester Super X 100 grain power points in our 243's and never have had a problem. All were well placed shots in the vitals, (shot placement is most critical to any clean, humane kill) with some bang flops, DRT. Kind of surprised about the bang flops but no deer went very far after being hit. Cheap, good bullet that is easy to find about anywhere firearms and ammo are sold.

drl50

quote:Originally posted by wolfpack
My son, daughter and I have taken around 10 deer with Winchester Super X 100 grain power points in our 243's and never have had a problem. All were well placed shots in the vitals, (shot placement is most critical to any clean, humane kill) with some bang flops, DRT. Kind of surprised about the bang flops but no deer went very far after being hit. Cheap, good bullet that is easy to find about anywhere firearms and ammo are sold.

I have had a similar experience with that cartridge. 4 Deer at a hundred yards in the last 5 years. 2 collapsed where they stood. Other 2 went 20 feet and fell over dead. There are probably better choices for longer range shots, but for me they are perfectly adequate.

SCOUT5

What ever shoots best out of the gun of course. That being said, I hunted with and killed several deer with a .243 years ago. I always just bought what ever 100gr cup and core ammo the hardware store had in stock, they all worked.

I recently bought a large lot of .243 ammo of different kinds. I also have a .243 single shot, recently purchased, I got for my 10 y/o son. The lot of ammo had 14 boxes of federal fusion 95gr so that it was I lined it up to. We didn't hunt with it this year so unfortunately I don't have any field experience with it, but it shoots well.

buddyb

I have been using a 243 on whitetails for about 30 years.I load my own but what I have found is any good 100 grain bullet,that shoots well from your rifle and most rifles will shoot 100 grain bullets best,will kill a deer just fine.Around here most deer shot are between 100-200 pounds,so I can't speak for how a 243 works huge deer.No need to spend more on high dollar bullets unless it gives you more faith in your rifle.

bambihunter

I hunted with a Remington 700 LVSF for quite a few years and when I went under ~90 grains I usually had to (or at least did) shoot them twice, even on heart/lung shots.
I switched to 100 grains and while they are not QUITE as accurate in my particular gun, they stop in a single shot. As always, try a few to see what your gun likes as far as accuracy and reliability

TWalker

I'd recommend inexpensive Winchester 100 Gr power point ammo. It will do a very good job on deer and is cheap enough to practice with as well. I've never had a problem with this ammo. If you ever handload, I'd recommend the Sierra 85 Gr. hollow point boat tail bullet. Surprisingly, it makes an awesome deer round. I've used it for deer and varmints since 1975 with no complaints in both .243 and .244 rifles.