243 Win what is it good for?
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Re: 243 Win what is it good for?
A 260rem with a 100gn pill doing 3300fps is a hard hitting flat shooter on game that size, does a great job on fallow.
I'm soft and I don't care.
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Re: 243 Win what is it good for?
It's interesting that whenever cartridges are compared they are usually compared to how well they will perform on deer.
But not everyone is using every cartridge on deer.
Sub deer calibers have their place in my mind, and that's where I see the 243.
Perfect wild dog cartridge for far and near.
But not everyone is using every cartridge on deer.
Sub deer calibers have their place in my mind, and that's where I see the 243.
Perfect wild dog cartridge for far and near.
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Re: 243 Win what is it good for?
Well wombats are pretty tough.
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Re: 243 Win what is it good for?
The 500 Jeffrey works better on Wombats, they don't run as far...
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Re: 243 Win what is it good for?
Do you need to use a stout bullet to make sure you get a pass through?
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Re: 243 Win what is it good for?
Woodleigh Hydro's ...
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Re: 243 Win what is it good for?
Yep there some serious projectile there. Go straight not tree but trees
Measure it, when it’s on the deck
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Re: 243 Win what is it good for?
Yep.
On a serious note my 92 year old uncle in Kangaroo Valley hates wombats.
He has a lot of silky oak trees and they burrow underneath them and destroy the roots.
Everytime I visit him he is at the local rubbish tip looking for old wire bed frames to spread around the base of his silky oak trees so the little fuzzy bunnies can't destroy his silky oak trees.
I keep telling him there's better ways..
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Re: 243 Win what is it good for?
Some parts of Victoria the can be legally shot on farming land. Lot of cows get lost to there holes.9.3x64 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 28, 2018 4:04 amYep.deerhunter338mag wrote: ↑Fri Dec 28, 2018 3:57 amYep there some serious projectile there. Go straight not tree but trees
On a serious note my 92 year old uncle in Kangaroo Valley hates wombats.
He has a lot of silky oak trees and they burrow underneath them and destroy the roots.
Everytime I visit him he is at the local rubbish tip looking for old wire bed frames to spread around the base of his silky oak trees so the little fuzzy bunnies can't destroy his silky oak trees.
I keep telling him there's better ways..
Measure it, when it’s on the deck
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Re: 243 Win what is it good for?
Most of Victoria now except for the hairy nose wombat.
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Re: 243 Win what is it good for?
Lol but the dogs have a habit of finding them during the day.
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Re: 243 Win what is it good for?
Wombats are like aussie piglets on steroids.....
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Re: 243 Win what is it good for?
When I was younger we lost a few dogs from wombats hunting pigs in state forest. Dogs would think the wombat was a small pig and would chase them down their hole. Wombats would then block them in with their rock hard backs and suffocate the dog. We would be digging like mad to get the dog out.
Measure it, when it’s on the deck
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Re: 243 Win what is it good for?
We had one dog trapped down there for three days. Was dug out with a backhoe. Was pretty incredible it survived.