Back around 1971 I bought a little Sako Forester 19" carbine in .243. I got lazy in my handloading, using the Sierra 85-grain HPBT for coyotes and deer. It's a blow-up bullet, so I limit myself to neck shots and cross-body heart/lung shots. No angling shots. I've tagged a couple of dozen bucks with it. All of them were bang/whop/plop, no tracking needed. I don't recall any shots beyond maybe 125 yards or thereabouts. "Gimme" shots.
Took it on a prairie dog hunt one time, with 55-grain loads. Never had to shoot beyond 300 yards. K-Mart has its Blue Light specials; I had Red Mist specials.
