Rustydust
Active member
Went out yesterday with another member of this forum (Matlock) to see if we could find some rock chucks north of town a bit. He had his .223 loaded with 50 grain bullets and I had my .243 AI loaded full throttle with 70 grain Varmageddons. After over an hour of seeing not a one we headed off in a different direction and hit the mother load. Suddenly we had several in our binoculars at the same time. We were standing on the tailgate of his truck shooting off my giant 'dog-gone-good' poly bag that was resting on his camper shell. I have shot chucks with my .204, my .223 AI and my .220 Swift but wow- none of those will put a chuck in orbit like that .243 AI will. Matthew's .223 sure did kill them but my .243 AI just blew them up. The longest shots of the day were 360 (mine) and 361 (his) yards both with the .243 AI. There was NO doubt about it when they were hit. Bang flop with guts flying. Very decisive.
We both very much enjoy shooting grounds squirrels where sometimes you can get hundreds in one day. But half a dozen chucks in just a couple hours shooting? That's pretty hard to beat right there. A good day.
We both very much enjoy shooting grounds squirrels where sometimes you can get hundreds in one day. But half a dozen chucks in just a couple hours shooting? That's pretty hard to beat right there. A good day.