Is .243 big enough???

[Dagben77]

New thread - is a 243 big enough for fish?

I would need to know the viscosity of the water, salt or fresh water. I would imagine the ballistic would take a turn for the worse as most balistic tips would fragment upon leaving the barrel. I guess this is where Boat tail heads work best .

 

[nun_hunter]

New thread - is a 243 big enough for fish?

Only if theyre in a barrel!

 

[Dagben77]

Come on THAT'S FUNNY!!!!

 

[Dagben77]

Only if theyre in a barrel!

At the end of a barrel!

 

[berg]

I had told my wife that she was sad for being on face book for 2hrs the other day and she was talking about the family but shooting fish,FISH on a shooting forum i realy need to do some work i think

 

[tackb]

Why didnt you shoot the chinks, were they to
difficult to stalk?

they looked like teddy bears ! no to be honest I've never been out after them , but will !

 

[berg]

I wonder what the longist thread is on here, dagben77 have you made a decision on that cal yet??

 

[Offroad Gary]

they looked like teddy bears ! no to be honest I've never been out after them , but will !

Funny, dont know why but shooting one of them has no appeal to me at all, apparently it is the least satisfying of all uk deer in terms of the challenge they offer. But they do need managing, so if i had them on my ground they'd have to be given the good news too!

 

[Paul at Fechan]

I wonder what the longist thread is on here, dagben77 have you made a decision on that cal yet??

yds roe bucks available east yorkshire

 

[welshwarrior]

Personally I'd struggle to hit a mino 100yrds under water

 

[Hornet 6]

if you shoot a bullet into water near fish the fish are stunned although the bullet does not hit them... same principal when the shock wave of the bullets path overlaps the nervous system of the animal. Bit like getting a dead arm when someone punches you at school, the pressure of the impact or pressure wave incapacitates

Not the same at all, water is incompressible so transmits the shock with no loss of energy.
The same cannot be said for flesh.

Neil.

 

[AN DU RU FOX]

Im stunned! this thread as everything,

 

[simon1979]

 

[bewsher500]

Not the same at all, water is incompressible so transmits the shock with no loss of energy.
The same cannot be said for flesh.

Neil.

why not?
we are 60% water
surely if it works 100% in water it works at at least 60% on flesh?

 

[Dagben77]

I wonder what the longist thread is on here, dagben77 have you made a decision on that cal yet??

I have decided that I don't have enough time to shoot any more as I'm glued to this thread .

I spoke to my FEO and he has agreed having 2 extra slots on my ticket won't be a problem.

If I was 'A man with only 1 gun', I would probably choose a 243, without doubt, one of the best do it all calibres going. However, my thinking is now, get a 243 for daytime foxing and then I'm covered for Deer should opportunity arise as it did the other day whilst out with my 223. Also have a larger calibre dedicated to Deer, I'm thinking 270 at the moment. This will cover me for all sizes and should I progress to boar, then I'm also sufficiently gunned up for that too.

How does that sound to people??? This should be good.

 

[bewsher500]

I have decided that I don't have enough time to shoot any more as I'm glued to this thread .

I spoke to my FEO and he has agreed having 2 extra slots on my ticket won't be a problem.

If I was 'A man with only 1 gun', I would probably choose a 243, without doubt, one of the best do it all calibres going. However, my thinking is now, get a 243 for daytime foxing and then I'm covered for Deer should opportunity arise as it did the other day whilst out with my 223. Also have a larger calibre dedicated to Deer, I'm thinking 270 at the moment. This will cover me for all sizes and should I progress to boar, then I'm also sufficiently gunned up for that too.

How does that sound to people??? This should be good.

.270 is only good enough for stags up to 20 stone
after than you need a 300WM....

at least that's what I told them

 

[Dagben77]

.270 is only good enough for stags up to 20 stone
after than you need a 300WM....

at least that's what I told them

Was it Sabian by any chance?

 

[AN DU RU FOX]

wasnt me what about 6x5x55

 

[Taff]

I agree completely but surely the extra energy from a high velocity round does increase the amount of damage caused above and beyond just the calibre sized hole it creates?

Have to agree with you, arrow damage is all about blood loss, and a 2inch hole straight through you lets out a lot of blood,

 

[Paul at Fechan]

Not the same at all, water is incompressible so transmits the shock with no loss of energy.
The same cannot be said for flesh.

Neil.

don't know where you learned about hydrodynamic reasoning but you're forgetting displacement... just a minor issue there lol...

.. and the energy is displaced in every direction rapidly lowering the energy at the wave front, the main reason why bouncing bombs had to be very close the dam walls or they were ineffectual