Good .243 mixed fox/deer loads?

[jackg]

I use 87gr Vmax or 85 grain Sierra Game king.
CCI200 primers and 44gr of Vit 160.
3100FPS.

[Randy Bohannon]

I use 87gr Vmax or 85 grain Sierra Game king.
CCI200 primers and 44gr of Vit 160.
3100FPS.

Thanks Jack, have you tried them on deer?

What are they like on the various placements?

[jackg]

Fallow, Roe and Muntjac all fall over easily.
Tend to head shoot Roe but heart lung with Fallow. Last Muntjac I shot was in the neck so it varies, but that was with a .222.
I read Alan's comment about frangibility of the 75 Gr Vmax but you can't determine the path of the bullet beyond the POI.
I think it was Eddie on the Stalking directory who also recommended the Hornady soft point that Alan suggested, not tried them myself.
With Fallow the H/L rib area is damaged but not usually the shoulders due to the size of the animal, which is why H/L is ok on Fallow.
I get normal wound channel. Fallow are larger but the bullets stop them just as easily. One I shot in December ran 30 yards with a H/L shot, but that is about as far as they go.
The bullet fragments puncture the skin on the opposite side of the beast but no gaping hole, which is expansion or fragmentation as per design.
Don't like neck shooting as it is not a defined area as a head.