I saw some pics the other day of a moose this lady dropped with one shot from a 243.
So is there a 243 load that would work ethically and effectively on sheep?
Happy hunting :-D
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I saw some pics the other day of a moose this lady dropped with one shot from a 243.
So is there a 243 load that would work ethically and effectively on sheep?
Happy hunting :-D
Sheep are sissies when it comes to bullets.
Sheep die easy.Especially when using a 338WM.
I saw a .243 projectile bounce off a sheep once... I tucked tail and ran.
I swear I heard him say, ".260 or bigger b!tch"
Why so large? Go .223
300 Wsm 165
I just bought a 240 Weatherby that I plan to use for sheep and deer. Planning to use Barnes 80gr TTSX in it.
Sheep are pretty thin skinned, and like GG said, they're kinda sissies!
Most of the time the guys packing big calibers for sheep are either worried about bears or they're doing a mixed bag kinda thing.
A 243 would definitely do the job within reasonable distances, especially on thinhorns.
My brother killed a nuisance Bison on private property in Northern Alta,
using a .243 loaded with 60 grn hollow points.This was his Coyote load
and all he had at the time.One shot in the ear is all it took.
No I'm not advocating this as a proper load for Bison or any Big Game.
Just relating the story.
Here's a couple of links to Barnes and Nosler ... might want to go with the partition bullet and check the reload manuals, and sites for other guys loading for sheep or white deer loads that could give you what you are looking for:
http://www.nosler.com/Reloading-Data...00-Grains.aspx
http://www.barnesbullets.com/images/...chesterWeb.pdf
Doesn't take a cannon to pop a set of lungs.......any 6mm will do it with ease:wink:
My ex-girlfriend shot a bison with a 22 mag...
Same ex took a sheep with her .243 so yeah... her dad was packing a .300wm for things with teeth. So go for it I say.
Oh yeah that bison shot with the 22 mag... it was domestic(ish) and in the slaughter house.
How far is that record book sheep going after being hit with a 243? Will it make it to the cliff? Will it have enough strength left in it to try and jump that 200 foot gouge, wreaking the record book horns you hiked for 5 days to get? I don't Sheep hunt, Hell, I can't even walk, but I think I may go with just a bit bigger bullet! I've heard lots of hair raising story's about Griz trying to eat the Sheep off some hunters backs also. Real sure I'd use my 300 Mag with a decent bullet in it!
a bigger caliber would be nice to drop a sheep in its tracks and stop it from possibly takin that tumble that they always seem to do. I use 270 WSM and thats as small as i would ever bring into that country.
I may do a sheep hunt with my 15 year old son this year and thats what he will pack. I have seen him take 3 moose with it and will never doubt this caliber. 85 grain tsx bullets will smash a mooses largest bones.
it will work just fine
The one thing to consider is you will be in g-bear country
Yes, but when purchasing a new rifle for this purpose, the overwhelming majority of Weatherby shooting riflemen would have opted for the .257 Wby Mag. The less recoiling .240 Wby Mag is generally reserved for youths, women, and uh, umm, well....., a certain "less masculine" type of guy! Generally the same type of guy who experiences a midlife crisis and trades their cummins in on a ford...., or their cat in on an rmk.:-D
Do you happen to know the number for a cab company for the Kamloops area????:tongue:
243 is pleanty to take out many animals from deer to moose and elk you just have to hit it properly. my dad used a 243 and killed many deer and moose and a couple elk and has never wounded and animal with it. so just make sure you can shoot strait!!!!
22 years ago, the young guy that ran riverboat on a drop hunt on the Colville River out of Umiat, Alaska carried an 18.5" barrelled M600 .243. By the time I left Umiat he had collected a 55" moose and a darn nice grizzly with the gun. He was shooting core-locs are far as I can remember. He said that was the gun everyone on the north slope used. They had all upgraded from .222's!
I did shoot a 58" moose with my bow on the trip.......and come to think of it, his .243 had a lot more range than my old bow, and both got the job done!
Blockcaver.
Troll? That's what you will be doing in that new "found on road dead" truck.... :) Fords... Polaris..... I knew you grew up a little too close to that eastern border back home! Maybe you should get one of them "1/4 caps" for the truck and paint yours and the wife's name on her door too!
Sorry to the poster for the moderate highjack; the .243 will work dandy for you!
I remember a video with Bart Lancaster who was shooting a thinhorn sheep with a .300 wm and when asked why such a caliber.... he got that BART LANCASTER grin and said" no tracking ":tongue:
.243 will work just fine...
steven:tongue:
Almost any smaller caliber will drop any thing out there like I said in the past its the shot placement that counts..
The 243 is an excellent cartridge.
However I wouldn't be overly confident using it for self defense at 2:00 am with an angry g-bear.
In my books, bigger is better when it comes to self defense...cuz there ain't no time for surgical precision.
I have a concern on the .243. I know it's taken plenty of game over the years but here's a recent experience with our group.
We were riding back around dusk on the Churn and a young buck crossed the road we were riding on. I dismounted, glassed him and verified his size and told my uncle that there wouldn't be a much easier buck to deal with than that one as we were within an hours ride of the horse trailer.
The deer was at best out 140 yards and starting to move away. My uncle dropped to one knee while I held his reins and shot the buck. It humped up like they can do and went straight into high gear never looking back and went over the edges. I looked for blood seeing none where he was hit but was still certain that he was shot. Lack of daylight prevented further looking for him but we returned to the area in the AM.
After several hours of peering into the various ledges and benches etc I actually found him. Unfortunately he required a dispatch. We felt bad of course but were happy to have located him.
The initial shot went in on a quartering away angle just touching his rear left ham and stopping in his right shoulder. It think it was a 115 grain bullet, don't recall the type but the lack of energy simply didn't create the hydraulic shock that would have finished him immediately.
Needless to say, my uncle bought a .300 that year and has never looked back.
Shooting an animal in the ass with a 300 magnum won't give much different result than a 243.
Fisher Dude...this time "succinct" ie right to the point..:tongue:
steven
Hopefully it aint windy as those little bullets move quite a bit more in a strong mountain wind and when you see your once in a lifetime trophy at 500 yrds or more and your pea shooter just doesnt have the musterd id be amping up. Interesting to know how many guys actually go out shooting when its windy to really see whats happening
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