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243 range?

Posted By: preston629

243 range? - 11/30/09 01:22 AM

how far do yall shoot ur 243s? do you feel comfortable taking 150+ yd shots with them?

Posted By: cleatas

Re: 243 range? - 11/30/09 03:43 AM

you should be very comfortable out to 200 at least.

Posted By: KC

Re: 243 range? - 11/30/09 05:04 AM

I have made shots out to 300 yards on coyotes with the .243 and they all dropped in their tracks. Best all around gun for this state, IMHO.

Posted By: MiamVice

Re: 243 range? - 11/30/09 01:34 PM

up I second that statment..."best all around gun for this state"

Posted By: CurtisCatfish

Re: 243 range? - 12/01/09 06:13 PM

Up to 300 yards if you can hit exactly what your aiming at ! I shot a 8 point this year in the neck and the bullet didn't exit his thick rutting neck, at 95 yards. But he didn't go anywhere either, DRT !

Posted By: 257 Roberts

Re: 243 range? - 12/01/09 10:13 PM

348yds on a wounded axis deer last year !Shot him through the shoulders 100 grain bullet went thru both shoulders and was just under the skin.Axis weighed 280.

Posted By: NTRP

Re: 243 range? - 12/01/09 10:29 PM

.243 is a phenomenal round and is one of the most versatile rounds to apply to almost any shooting discipline. A 250 yard PBR zero is common for it if that helps.

Posted By: BOBO the Clown

Re: 243 range? - 12/01/09 10:31 PM

Originally Posted By: preston629
how far do yall shoot ur 243s? do you feel comfortable taking 150+ yd shots with them?

comfortable has nothing to do with the cal. has more to do with the shooter.. Your going to get a lot of ranges on here. from 200 max to probley some over 300. If you wouldn't do it with a big cal i wouldn't do it with a small. 300 is tops for me with my 243

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