Savage Axis in .243

[Holland&Holland]

The ammo I listed is factory ammo, Fleet farm was selling at least one of those 2 loads. The SST would get you the interlocked construction that was mentioned.

I will keep it in mind. Thanks!

Just as an aside on this, the Hornady loads are often less expensive than the Federal and while I love my local federal company those hornady loads do perform expecially considering the price.

[Stradawhovious]

Just as an aside on this, the Hornady loads are often less expensive than the Federal and while I love my local federal company those hornady loads do perform expecially considering the price.

Not to sidetrack.... what was it you used last year that sent that buck ass over teakettle? Talk about an effective round.....

[Holland&Holland]

Just as an aside on this, the Hornady loads are often less expensive than the Federal and while I love my local federal company those hornady loads do perform expecially considering the price.

Not to sidetrack.... what was it you used last year that sent that buck ass over teakettle? Talk about an effective round.....

Hornady 139 gr SST 7x57.

I would like to recommend the Federal Fusion as a good mid price alternative with a stong bullet for your .243 because everything I have read about it, seen it perform on range, and viewed from recovered slugs out of non-game media has me felling that this is a good deer load but alas since neither of my kids has connected with a deer yet I have yet to see it perform in the field.

Hey I just realized that yours is shooting .243 and mine are shooting 7mm-08 and .308 so we have the main .308 based family of cartidges covered this year! Now that means one of us needs to shoot .270 and the other .30-06 and we are all caliber coordinated .

Ok I am wierd, you can say it.

[Stradawhovious]

Hey I just realized that yours is shooting .243 and mine are shooting 7mm-08 and .308 so we have the main .308 based family of cartidges covered this year! Now that means one of us needs to shoot .270 and the other .30-06 and we are all caliber coordinated .
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NERD!!!!!

[Holland&Holland]

Hey I just realized that yours is shooting .243 and mine are shooting 7mm-08 and .308 so we have the main .308 based family of cartidges covered this year! Now that means one of us needs to shoot .270 and the other .30-06 and we are all caliber coordinated .
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GUNNERD!!!!!

Fixed it for you

[EJSG19]

Interesting to read about the scope trouble. Brother has the same gun in .223 however his came with a Bushnell scope. Hopefully it zooms properly. Havent had time to play with it myself, and he doesnt care enough to check it out for things like that. So far he has hit what he shoots at so we will see.

[goalie]

People I know have had good luck with the Barnes bullets on deer from their .223's and .243's

Enough so that I am trying them out in my AR this year. TTSX or TSX bullets.

[Pinnacle]

I would love to shoot deer with little tiny Barnes-X's

[EJSG19]

I'd love to shoot deer with a rifle. Iowa DNR wets it's pants with the very thought of it. Even pistol caliber rifles are "crazy talk".

[45Badger]

100 gr federal vital shock works great. Have dumped many a deer. Stay away from the itty-bitties as they have previously noted downsides with NO upside on performance.

Or you can snag my .243 reloading stuff and make up some nice 90 gr deerslayers with 90 gr Nosler Partitions. We could whip up a batch this weekend

[Stradawhovious]

Or you can snag my .243 reloading stuff and make up some nice 90 gr deerslayers with 90 gr Nosler Partitions. We could whip up a batch this weekend

Yep. That worked.

Loaded a handfull of rounds with those 90 gr Nosler Partitions..... 10 with 35.9gr of IMR 4350 and 10 with 34gr of Varget. They both printed tiny little groups, and played nice with the rifle.

I now have plenty enough ammo to get me through deer season. Good deal!

[Lunchbox]

Or I didn't happen.

[Stradawhovious]

:picsneeded:

Or I didn't happen.

You didn't?

[Lunchbox]

Of putting getting a scope on paper?... It's nothing to brag about on my end... Hopefully yet! I still need to get it out to a longer range.

[Stradawhovious]

Of putting getting a scope on paper?... It's nothing to brag about on my end... Hopefully yet! I still need to get it out to a longer range.

Oh, don't get me wrong..... I'm not bragging.... just relieved that I don't have to jump through any more hoops. Printing little one hole groups is easy with a good rifle, good ammo, glass and a decent rest. Especially from 50 yards. Oh... did I forget to mention that part?

I'd like to stretch this thing's legs out a little though. I will be bringing it to 200 yds next time I'm out.