daviswr Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Looking to buy a new gun for my son 12 years old, thinking of buying a 243. Is this gun to small to hunt deer with ? And what brand is a good inexpensive model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 The .243 is perfect for a youth hunter and will effectively kill deer. My oldest daughter has a browning a bolt micro hunter in .243. Inexpensive, would probably look at savage model 10's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedjunkiejp Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Savage axis is nice too for the price. Not sure if it comes in a .243. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92xj Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Eat more beef Eat more pork ********* Hunt like a ********** Really just bored so I bloging nothing about nothing what do u think about that I can cut the cheese Google can answer your question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daviswr Posted August 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 ammo What type of ammo, grain, core lock, ect. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 .243 is a good choice. I personally own a customer Ruger M77 in .243. It’s my favorite of my rifles. Corelokt is a great over the counter bullet. They are deadly and have good weight retention. Buy a 100grn bullet and you will be fine. Hand loading opens another list of opportunity but there is nothing wrong with Corelokt or even the Winchester Super X. Both will kill deer. Keep in mind most deer in our area are around 120lbs. Larger deer may take more energy. Regardless, I’ve killed antelope out to almost 300 yards and deer pushing 200 yards. It easily got the job done. The .243 at 100 yards easily has more energy than a .30-30 and the old .30-30 has laid over a lot of deer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 What type of ammo, grain, core lock, ect. ? Depends on what the gun likes, but yeah core lokts with whatever rifle you get is not a bad place to start. Wife's .243 is a tack driver with 100 grain psp's, daughters browning does nto do as well with the core lokts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dbHunterNY Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 yea savage would be inexpensive and probably shoot well. 243 will work just fine. start with cheap Remington green box 100gr cor-lokt ammo. if the gun shoots it well enough if you shoot well enough then you're good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowhunter97 Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Google can answer your question. Yes google can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Good youth gun, I favor the 7mm-08 though instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Good youth gun, I favor the 7mm-08 though instead. The 7mm-08 and the .243 are based on the .308 cartridge. Any of the 3 aforementioned will kill deer cleanly. Rule is... usually any bullet that maintain 1000lbs of energy at 100 yards is enough to clean deer sized game. The .243 is light recoiling and offers a good variety of bullet weights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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