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Offline demontang

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243 win with 90 gr accubond for elk?
« on: October 26, 2015, 07:17:05 PM »
So my wife want to go after elk this year. She shot her first deer second day with her 243. The bullet dead centered a rib went and took out both lungs and came out the opposite side  kind of by the spine. The shot was 100 yards and the damage was impressive. The 90 gr accubond did it's job. I have some 80 gr gmx loaded for her gun to but I'm leaning toward the accubond for elk.  :dunno: I know the gun can do it but not to sure if she caught a shoulder if the penatration would be better with the accubond

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Re: 243 win with 90 gr accubond for elk?
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2015, 07:35:28 PM »
I assume by your location she might be hunting a spike only area. If that's so then Ive seen bulls shot well with a 300win mag  run right to the next guy who brought it down,   unless she has the time and your gun shoots under a .5 moa so she can exactly place the shot I would GET a Bigger Gun,   If she is hunting Westside for 3 point or better I know its legal that  243 could be used but I feel unethical

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Re: 243 win with 90 gr accubond for elk?
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2015, 07:42:22 PM »
 :chuckle: All these guys with there thoughts of 243 being unethical for elk. I don't know why people think you need a magnum to kill a elk.

demon let her bust one with it. I know one native hunter that killed over 100 elk with a 243. I have seen several killed with a 243 myself. A 90 grain accubond will handle any elk that walks.
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Re: 243 win with 90 gr accubond for elk?
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2015, 07:45:34 PM »
Ethics schmethics.

Nothing wrong with 6mm

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Re: 243 win with 90 gr accubond for elk?
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2015, 07:50:06 PM »
Agree.  A well placed bullet will kill a bull. .04" isn't going to make a huge difference in terms of the degree of deadness.
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Re: 243 win with 90 gr accubond for elk?
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2015, 07:50:23 PM »
Should do the job fine.....it is all about shot placement.  A 338 win mag gut shot elk will run for a mile......just like a .243 gut shot elk.  Put either in the lungs, heart or front shoulder area and they die.  Hope to see pics and hear the story.   :tup:

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Re: 243 win with 90 gr accubond for elk?
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2015, 07:55:23 PM »
Let it fly. Good shot placement with a .243 will have the same result as anything bigger.
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Re: 243 win with 90 gr accubond for elk?
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2015, 07:56:52 PM »
:chuckle: All these guys with there thoughts of 243 being unethical for elk. I don't know why people think you need a magnum to kill a elk.

demon let her bust one with it. I know one native hunter that killed over 100 elk with a 243. I have seen several killed with a 243 myself. A 90 grain accubond will handle any elk that walks.
:yeah: and if that's the gun she is comfortable with then that is the gun she will be best with.  You could use yardage to compensate and plan to only shoot inside 100yds if that makes everyone feels more ethical.  but they hunt caribou with 22 in AK admittedly its headshots but WA's laws are based on silliness in many cases and things that make non hunters feel good, not actual good hunting.

22 is the number one poacher round, its quiet and lethal ..just saying

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Re: 243 win with 90 gr accubond for elk?
« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2015, 07:59:05 PM »
I am tempted to use my 6 creedmoor this year with 105's. Have all the confidence in the world in the round and gun.
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Re: 243 win with 90 gr accubond for elk?
« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2015, 08:03:52 PM »
Hunting in a hi pressure area anchoring a bull is important. Sure a 243 will kill elk . But it didn't pack a ton of ke. I like to break a bull down so some shot runner dosnt hang tag.

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Re: 243 win with 90 gr accubond for elk?
« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2015, 08:05:36 PM »
Guys that know how to kill game, kill game fairly often. No matter the chambering.

6x6.8 SPC @ 60 yards.

90gr Accubond @ 2910fps DRT! BANG-FLOP!







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6x6.8 SPC @ 287 yards

95gr Hornady SST. DRT! BANG-FLOP!



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Some of her tenderloin as of a hour or so ago.




I'll take a poke at a Elk with the Accubond combo next week. Besides plenty more in the mag, I have no problem shooting a animal into the ground. End results the same.


« Last Edit: October 26, 2015, 08:11:33 PM by Biggerhammer »

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Re: 243 win with 90 gr accubond for elk?
« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2015, 08:16:16 PM »
 No doubt it will do the trick with proper placement . If she is proficeint and confident then go for it . But my  :twocents:  Is that keep it 200 yards or under .

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Re: 243 win with 90 gr accubond for elk?
« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2015, 08:18:28 PM »
I am not much of a magnum fan and I grew up with a .243 ...but for the average person I would get a little bigger gun for elk ...like a .270 ..

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Re: 243 win with 90 gr accubond for elk?
« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2015, 08:38:24 PM »
If shot placement is all that matters, try hunting cape buffalo with a 22 and let us know how it goes. ;)
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Re: 243 win with 90 gr accubond for elk?
« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2015, 08:45:23 PM »
If shot placement is all that matters, try hunting cape buffalo with a 22 and let us know how it goes. ;)


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