Daughters .243 filled the freezer this morning

[Lennyjoe]

She bagged her first buck at 75 yards with the Savage 110 in .243 using a load of IMR 4350 under a 100 gr Hornady Interlock bullet this morning here in West Virginia. She hasn’t hunted with her .243 in 10 years so we blew the dust off, built a load (she previously bagged 2 does in the past using Winchester factory 100 gr PP) sighted in this fall and here’s the results.

 

[irishlad]

She bagged her first buck at 75 yards with the Savage 110 in .243 using a load of IMR 4350 under a 100 gr Hornady Interlock bullet this morning here in West Virginia. She hasn’t hunted with her .243 in 10 years so we blew the dust off, built a load (she previously bagged 2 does in the past using Winchester factory 100 gr PP) sighted in this fall and here’s the results.
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AWESOME!!!

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

Congratulations!

 

[JeffG]

Congrats! Nice buck!!

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Woot woot!

 

[JmacD]

Good for her!

 

[WestKentucky]

Fire up the grill!!! Love it when a good plan come together.

 

[LiveLife]

Fire up the grill!!!

Probably after everyone is sick of eating turkey.

 

[MarshallDodge]

The 243 takes down another one!

Your daughter did good

 

[41 Mag]

Good going, gotta luv it when a plan comes together.

Glad to see I'm not the only one who utilizes that multi purpose function on their tractor..

 

[red rick]

I like seeing young people hunting and skinning . You are teaching them right .

 

[Chuck R.]

Congrats!

And Plus 2 for "deer on tractor pic"!

 

[Kingcreek]

Nice! my first centerfire rifle was a .243 and still my favorite. that cartridge always seems to perform better than it should if you read all the "experts".

 

[Milt1]

I'm glad to hear it was shot. For a moment I thought it had hung its self on the John Deere tractor.

 

[Lennyjoe]

Her boyfriend took her .243 out the next day and shot 2 does with 1 bullet. Same stand, same shooting lane when he hit a doe and dropped her. When he went down to recover the dead doe, he realized there was a 2nd doe down as well. Appears that the first pass thru bullet clipped the one beside the 1st and broke its back. I had to dispatch her with my sidearm.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

Congrats to your daughter.
Mine has killed a few does, also with a .243, but is still looking for her first buck.

How did the 100 grain Interlock perform? I have a box of them (no idea where they came from). Haven't tried them yet.

 

[Lennyjoe]

Congrats to your daughter.
How did the 100 grain Interlock perform? I have a box of them (no idea where they came from). Haven't tried them yet.

Her deer went 30 yds with a double lung hit. Her boyfriend’s shot killed doe #1 DRT with a double lung hit and took out the spine of doe #2 quite handedly with a big wound channel. As for grouping on paper, it’s an extremely accurate load with IMR 4350 out of her Savage 110. No plans on trying any other bullet/load combinations in her rifle anytime soon.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

As for grouping on paper, it’s an extremely accurate load with IMR 4350 out of her Savage 110.

Our current loads are IMR4350 as well with a 100 grain Partition. Those bullets aren't easy to find right now though, and even when they are they're over double the price of Hornady and Sierras.
I've got a box of 100 grain Sierra Pro Hunter soft points and a box of 100 grain Interlocks. I'll be trying them when we run out of what I have loaded. I think we have 15 or so rounds of the Partitions left.
I'm a fan of the Partitions, but darn they are proud of them. Sounds like your results have been good.

Did it leave a blood trail for your daughter's buck? Pass through?

 

[Lennyjoe]

Did it leave a blood trail for your daughter's buck? Pass through?

Nice blood trail easy to follow. Was a downhill shot so hit middle of right side and exited lower left. Exit was about the size of a quarter.

 

[tdbmd]

She bagged her first buck at 75 yards with the Savage 110 in .243 using a load of IMR 4350 under a 100 gr Hornady Interlock bullet this morning here in West Virginia. She hasn’t hunted with her .243 in 10 years so we blew the dust off, built a load (she previously bagged 2 does in the past using Winchester factory 100 gr PP) sighted in this fall and here’s the results.
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Congratulations!

 

[Frulk]

Your daughter done well. Good shot. I never was susceptible to buck fever but do get REALLY bad cases of tractor envy.

Posting pictures isn’t helping…