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Bullet choice for antelope
MN Hunter
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Im heading out antelope hunting in October and am looking for bullet/grain choices you guys have used that either WORKS or SUCKS.
Im looking for suggestions that can be bought "off the shelf" (i dont reload).
caliber will be .243 shot placement blah blah blah..yes i know. .243 is to weak blah blah blah, my 115lb girlfriend will be shooting it, so she cant COMFORTABLY shoot my 'larger calibers'. practice practice, i already know, and i will bet she can out shoot most of you old coots! [;)]
thanks.
Im looking for suggestions that can be bought "off the shelf" (i dont reload).
caliber will be .243 shot placement blah blah blah..yes i know. .243 is to weak blah blah blah, my 115lb girlfriend will be shooting it, so she cant COMFORTABLY shoot my 'larger calibers'. practice practice, i already know, and i will bet she can out shoot most of you old coots! [;)]
thanks.
Comments
Try a couple of different loads. Go for accuracy in the rifle you will use. Bullet placement is the most important thing here so go with that in mind and good luck in your hunt.
95 grain Winchester POS group SUCKS
100 gr accubond is good....defeats the purpose of this post, thanks.
Congratulations on your hunt!
For off-the-shelf comparisons, most of the ammunition manufacturers have ballistics pages that will let you compare and contrast their factory loads. Here is the one for Federal:
http://www.federalpremium.com/ballistics/Ammo_Search.aspx
Winchester:
http://www.winchester.com/products/catalog/cfrlist.aspx?cart=MjQzIFdpbmNoZXN0ZXI=
Remington:
http://www.remington.com/products/ammunition/ballistics/choose_specific_loads.aspx?c1=9&c2=&c3=
There are adults, sons and daughters that I hunt with that use the .243 Win. and they have been successful on antelope hunts. I think most of the loads featuring 95 or 100 grain bullets should perform fine out to 300 yards. Residual energy is 1,000 ft/lbs or slightly more and trajectory is viable and easy to accommodate with a scope. The trick is to see which load your (her) rifle likes.
I use handloads in my custom .240 Weatherby since I have one and use it for both antelope and Coues deer. My loads are good to 600 yards and have been excellent on performance.
Best.
Barnes TSX
Remington Core-lokt
Hornady Innerbond
All in a 90-100gr weight, brutal on Antelope/Whitetail.