Ackley Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 2 excellent bullet choices for the 243 are 87gr Hornady boat tail hollow point 80gr Berger varmint both bullets will double up as a fox and deer bullet,both are section 5 expanding,both are very reasonably priced,both are hollow points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 (edited) It's a tough one. I wouldn't want to shoot a Deer with a 70gr NBT, but for Foxes it'll certainly put them down hard. no neither would i, did i miss something? If its a duel purpose bullet the best i have found is the Nosler 95 grn B/tip but it needs to hit fast on fox to be at its best so don't push the ranges, its great on Roe (indeed my first choice). The OP is having a well know problem with .243" and std deer bullets, its not rare at all. If you are one of those who think it a non issue, shoot some more and a pattern will emerge Edited November 25, 2011 by kent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Can't see what the problem is with foxes and .243 'deer' bullets, so they may run, so what ? they will still be dead shortly afterwards. Half my deer run, I look for them and find them (dead), the only difference with foxes is that it is up to you whether you look for the carcasse. A fox hit anywhere in the 'boiler roon' ain't going to be going far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 I use Sako 90grn gamehead,never had a runner on Roe,but...had them pass straight through Fox resulting in runners. You could try to find a suitable BT that zeros somewhere near and get to know how many clicks difference there is. OR Start re-loading and set up 2 sets of bullets with the same POI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Can't see what the problem is with foxes and .243 'deer' bullets, so they may run, so what ? they will still be dead shortly afterwards. Half my deer run, I look for them and find them (dead), the only difference with foxes is that it is up to you whether you look for the carcasse. A fox hit anywhere in the 'boiler roon' ain't going to be going far. i think the issue until you find the body you cannot say for sure it wasn't a wounder. the fact that we aint gonna take it home for the kitchen shouldn't be a reason not to look and check surely? Also not all landowners are happy to have dead foxes lying about in plain view and for many good reasons and many assume it was shot exactly were found (think about that for a while) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Under kill, over kill - I have the same problem with toast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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