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    Posted: 05 April 2020 at 12:30
wondering as to bullet weight and brand for using the 243 for PDs.  Might load up a hundred if I can then get components.

what bullet do you use?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote d4570 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05 April 2020 at 14:23
85 Speer for deer.
70 Speer for coyotes
Varget I think. 
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I stock varget.  but will need to get a local range open to sight in.
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We use a LOT of varget.
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I use 100 grain Sierra Pro Hunters. Probably kinda heavy for prairie dogs but they are lights out accurate in my rifle. 

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The 100s do shoot well in 243.

Years ago (50+) the 243 was my do it all; loading 60 to 105 grain bullets.  Then other rifle friends replaced my favorite.  might go back.
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I know a few people that use a .243 for elk. If it will kill anything from a prairie dog to an elk I think it would be a pretty good all around gun. 

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Sort of think the 308/30-06 as minimum for Elk.  Bad enough gettint them out if they fall right when hit.  give them some 200-300 yards and they will find a ravine to drop into (extraction!)
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I agree Bear. 

They don't run to to an easier place and they can be really heavy even just to roll over. 

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seems like the 7mm08, 7mm Mauser etc  & 6.5's are good elk cartridges too.
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6.5 and 7mms are ok but not what I want IF I was buying an elk gun.  7 mag with 150 grains is another case.

Roll overs...can be even tougher with a large bull moose,  good news with both elk and moose.  they often fall on a slope...35% rolled already.  My moose was already on his side on a hillside.


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I wouldn't feel undergunned with a 6.5 or any 7mm. 

I think bullet weight has something to do with it. I have shot a lot of elk with a 130 grain .270. I shot my elk this year with a 130 grain 6.5. It seemed to have about the same effect. 

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Wing are you saying "dead is dead".Confused
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Yes, pretty much. I don't think the elk cared what hit them. 

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I like one bullet that kills  AND anchors right there. 

 Killed one deer with a heaart shot arrow, that ran 100 yards and death jumped into a tree.  took two of us to get it down.
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