.243 using the Sierra 85 gr. HPBT for deer

[gumpokc]

I fully agree with L. Cooper, and Classicvette.

In my view, for our deer, the .243 is on the light side. Light calibers need heavy for caliber bullets. For coyotes, no problem with the 85's at all

L.Cooper has it deadon there. Short, sweet, to the point.


For deer i prefer the 95-105 grain bullets, nosler partitions or sierra gamekings for my .243win.

The 85 would be fine for yotes or other varmits, and would _probably_ work for smaller deer or at closer ranges, but why risk it.

In theory _if_ i was to try and make a "one load does both" i'd look at the hornady (my pref) 87 grain softpoints. You can get it up around 3000fps, the SP will probably overpenetrate the yotes, but will give abit better penetration in the deer than the HP will.

The thing is, with the wide selection of bullets available, there's no "real" reason to do so, use the best tool for each job, you'll get better results.

just my .02