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Low recoil rifle for whitetails and coyotes. Opinions?
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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 813174" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>The first 2 deer I ever shot were with a 243 and the only deer I shot with a 243. In a tree stand back in PA, a 3x3 walks under me and I attempt a head shot with iron sights. Bullet goes down through side of head/jaw and neck. My fault, not the rifle. Lots of frothy blood at first and track him and another hunter gets on the track with me. He kicks him out of a stand of trees and gets a shot at him and gut shoots him with a 218 B. We track him some more to another stand of trees and I post on one end while he pushes from the other. The buck walks up with bloody tongue hanging out and stands broad side to me about 10 yards. I put one through the middle of his ribs and he runs off into a residential sub-divison. Lost him. Only animal I ever lost. Was not a good experience. 2 days later, I was in the same tree stand and a little spike walks under and gives me a broad side shot about 20 yards away. This time I put one through lungs and heart. He runs for about 30 yards and piles up. In both cases the deer both ran after being shot point blank through the lungs. I was using 100 gr Core Lokt bullets. Had I been using something like highly frangible Bergers it probably would have dropped them in their tracks.</p><p></p><p>I gave the 243 to my brother and bought a 7 Mag.</p><p></p><p>I would use a 243 or my new 6x284 for deer, but I would be careful about my shot and make sure he couldn't run anywhere i couldn't find him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 813174, member: 11717"] The first 2 deer I ever shot were with a 243 and the only deer I shot with a 243. In a tree stand back in PA, a 3x3 walks under me and I attempt a head shot with iron sights. Bullet goes down through side of head/jaw and neck. My fault, not the rifle. Lots of frothy blood at first and track him and another hunter gets on the track with me. He kicks him out of a stand of trees and gets a shot at him and gut shoots him with a 218 B. We track him some more to another stand of trees and I post on one end while he pushes from the other. The buck walks up with bloody tongue hanging out and stands broad side to me about 10 yards. I put one through the middle of his ribs and he runs off into a residential sub-divison. Lost him. Only animal I ever lost. Was not a good experience. 2 days later, I was in the same tree stand and a little spike walks under and gives me a broad side shot about 20 yards away. This time I put one through lungs and heart. He runs for about 30 yards and piles up. In both cases the deer both ran after being shot point blank through the lungs. I was using 100 gr Core Lokt bullets. Had I been using something like highly frangible Bergers it probably would have dropped them in their tracks. I gave the 243 to my brother and bought a 7 Mag. I would use a 243 or my new 6x284 for deer, but I would be careful about my shot and make sure he couldn't run anywhere i couldn't find him. [/QUOTE]
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