10-02-2011, 03:03 PM
I've taken more than my fair share of deer with a .243. It left uniformly HUGE GAPING exit wounds with 80-100gn pills (mostly core-lokt's). 2" to 5" wide exit holes gave me a lot of faith in the .243. Mostly you could drop a mason jar into the exit hole without touching the sides unless it was a neck shot. The one long range shot I did with .243 was about 450yrds and still got that 2" exit hole with a quartering hit. What matters as far as my results is they're coastal blacktail deer with a maximum live weight of about 150lbs. They're itty bitty. I have yet to take a horned-gopher with the grendel but given the sectional density gains and lower velocity I'm expecting just a hair less dramatic wounding but with much more penetration capability.
With .243 I find a lot of small fragments in the wound channel. I'm expecting to find much fewer and vastly larger fragments if any at all with the grendel.
Varoum has all my points for getting into grendel in his numbered list.
With .243 I find a lot of small fragments in the wound channel. I'm expecting to find much fewer and vastly larger fragments if any at all with the grendel.
Varoum has all my points for getting into grendel in his numbered list.