Bottom line would be a bullet that will expand, retain most of its' weight and go throught the off hide creating a blood trail like the archery boys get with a complete pass through. Will any of these bullets do this without loading too hot for comfort? I appreciate your input. Even if I am an ol' man I can still learn from you young bucks! Treefarmer
if for deer and under 300 yds, I'd say yes most likely but if both shoulders are involved or a texas neck shot, maybe not with the core lokts, can't speak of the tsx's. never had a partition not make a total pass thru at any angle on bigger northern deer or require more than 1 shot. I realy don't know enough about hogs but ones over 130 lbs would be much tougher on bullets I'd imagine and if you want to be sure of a total pass thru on larger hogs and possibly longer ranges I'd move up to a 7mm08 or 308 to be sure, not that it couldn't be done with a 243, but would more likely definately happen with a 308 class imo. as you know there are no guarantees with hunting. bullet performance can be strange at times.
