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Originally posted by Riposte1
I hope this does not come across as contentious and is perceived as what it is, discussion, not argument.
In the early 80, with the help of the deer check stations in my area, we interviewed over 500 deer hunters (successful as this was a check in station), examined the carcass for the hit, kicked out the bad hits and the spine shots, then tallied them as to whether the deer dropped instantly, ran a short distance, or ran a long distance (the last could have easily resulted in a lost critter).
Sorry not to be imprecise but the data was on an old computer and software that is no longer available. Jeff Cooper printed the initial results in his column back in 82 but that was the first year of the study so it was not complete.
Anyway, I do recall that the .243, with good hits stopped about 25% of the deer quickly, as did the .357 magnum pistol.
Very best regards,
Riposte
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first off let me say for the record i don't take your post as an argument and i hope you don't take my comments and questions that way either.
second your info gathering in the 80's is good timming as that is when the .243 really started to be seen in deer country at least here in the midwest in larger numbers. it is also at a critical time where a lot of folks really didn't understand the round and the bullet design between the various varment/deer rounds. i wonder (not your personal use) how many of those deer shot by the .243 and documented by you and others where being taken by someone using an inferior whitail bullet. i would be real interested to hear those #'s.
third i don't deny the .243 must be used within it's limitations especialy once you get out past 150 yrds. but i will stand by my comment that when used with a good premium bullet (partitions my first choice) the .243 will deliver pass through shots easily out to 100 yrds, and if shot placement is proper it will do it at 150 yrds. this satisfies most hunting situations.