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Re: .243 520 yards? YUUUUUUP!
« Reply #15 on: October 13, 2013, 08:44:19 PM »
Nice shooting!

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Re: .243 520 yards? YUUUUUUP!
« Reply #16 on: October 13, 2013, 08:45:21 PM »
Nice shooting and good to see what the Bergers do out of the 243 since that is what I am shooting this year..  Congrats

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Re: .243 520 yards? YUUUUUUP!
« Reply #17 on: October 13, 2013, 08:50:43 PM »
Nice shooting! don't get anybetter than that,with a hole that big in the boilerhouse pump,it wasn't going anywhere but down. :tup:
ya he took maybe 2 steps and dropped, 1 lung was also toasted.
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Re: .243 520 yards? YUUUUUUP!
« Reply #18 on: October 13, 2013, 08:55:28 PM »
Nice shooting and good to see what the Bergers do out of the 243 since that is what I am shooting this year..  Congrats
you will be happy with them im sure. This is the 4th buck shot with this same gun with the same load and never once had any issues. My nephew shot his 1st 2 bucks with it the 1st being 376yards on the 1st shot and it hunched up and stumbled to 404 where he hammered him again and dropped it.
It does a number on coyotes too! :)
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Re: .243 520 yards? YUUUUUUP!
« Reply #19 on: October 13, 2013, 08:57:36 PM »
Nice shooting and good to see what the Bergers do out of the 243 since that is what I am shooting this year..  Congrats
you will be happy with them im sure. This is the 4th buck shot with this same gun with the same load and never once had any issues. My nephew shot his 1st 2 bucks with it the 1st being 376yards on the 1st shot and it hunched up and stumbled to 404 where he hammered him again and dropped it.
It does a number on coyotes too! :)

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Re: .243 520 yards? YUUUUUUP!
« Reply #20 on: October 13, 2013, 09:04:04 PM »
awesome, I love the .243 round it kills. good job.
hey anybody got a towel, i just hit a waterbuffalo

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Re: .243 520 yards? YUUUUUUP!
« Reply #21 on: October 13, 2013, 09:09:19 PM »
Congrats to your sis. Heck of a shot.
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Re: .243 520 yards? YUUUUUUP!
« Reply #22 on: October 13, 2013, 09:24:04 PM »
1-9.25 my dads factory chambered 6mm with the same barrel will not stabilize the same bullet. My .243 I can get the vld's to touch the lands where he cannot.

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Re: .243 520 yards? YUUUUUUP!
« Reply #23 on: October 13, 2013, 09:43:39 PM »
Awesome  :tup:
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Re: .243 520 yards? YUUUUUUP!
« Reply #24 on: October 13, 2013, 11:33:49 PM »
Great shooting, and great buck. Congrats to your sister!!

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Re: .243 520 yards? YUUUUUUP!
« Reply #25 on: October 14, 2013, 08:25:30 AM »
Not to highjack....buuuttt, are available .243 factory loads out of a 22" bbl effective to 300 yds on most deer, assuming a broadside shot?

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Re: .243 520 yards? YUUUUUUP!
« Reply #26 on: October 14, 2013, 08:41:39 AM »
I have never shot factory loads but now days you can buy factory loads with Berger bullets and other high quality bullets so yes!
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Re: .243 520 yards? YUUUUUUP!
« Reply #27 on: October 14, 2013, 08:50:17 AM »
300 with a .243? I'd not hesitate. to the OP, great shooting little sister!  :tup: wasn't sure I understood your post about the 6mm. so he has the same bbl and twist rate and it won't stabilize? or ?
I just aquired a Rem 700 lefty in .243 and hope to so some coyote and deer hunting with it
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Re: .243 520 yards? YUUUUUUP!
« Reply #28 on: October 14, 2013, 08:51:08 AM »
Not to highjack....buuuttt, are available .243 factory loads out of a 22" bbl effective to 300 yds on most deer, assuming a broadside shot?

Absolutely! Just pick a heavier bullet designed for deer sized game. Not a 55 grain varmint bullet or the like.

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Re: .243 520 yards? YUUUUUUP!
« Reply #29 on: October 14, 2013, 09:36:41 AM »
 :tup:

 


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