I want to emphasize my recommendation for heavier bullets. The 80 grain .243 bullets are not meant for deer. The .243 is a light caliber for the task; use heavy for caliber bullets.
If someone cannot handle the recoil levels of a .243 with 100 grain bullets (and the gun CAN be shot at the range for training with lighter ones to work up to full loads) then the hunter is too inexperienced to hunt deer.
While someone may have examples of success with inappropriate bullets, you do not want a new hunter having the experience that varmint style bullets may produce if the shot is not perfect.
Use enough gun.
(Hey, that's a pretty good line! Think it will catch on? Think I'll get the credit?
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10-03-2006, 05:17 PM
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