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Recently purchased a .243 cz 550 lux, i've never been hunting before but fancy a dabble in it..

i would appreciate peoples views on the .243 cz 550 lux for say fox hunting and deer stalking also whats the biggest animal u killed with one of these



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Paul

CZs are good starting rifles. Based on the mauser action, will take plenty of abuse and won't bring tears to the eyes when occassionally knocked about. Use it to learn the craft and thenn progress to a Blaser, Mauser, Sako, etc.

It's about bullet placement rather thann size which ensures a quick, stress-free death.Provided you're competent then i see no reason why you can't drop any Roe deer or larger, but if intending to concentrate on Reds, Sika or Fallow then i'd recomend something larger such as 270win, 6.5x55, 308win or 30-06 (especially if hill stalking).

Cheers for that buddy, appreciated alot

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Paul

very underestimated rifles, i had a 6.5 & 308 bith suoerb . I tried the sako, blaser,remmington, browning all good rifles & other various cals , in the end with a little tweek here & there the cz's came out tops for accuracy & been not too fussy about the ammo used in them. Good choise :)

i would echo all of the above. CZ rifles are excellant.

i have used .243 in the past. I have seen big reds shot with .243. You need to carefully select your bullet and place it well. If you are deer stalking i would suggest you also get a dog.

I used lots of different amunition and shot lots of deer with mine. mostly roe but also muntjack, fallow and reds. I found that 80 grain soft points were too fast and to explosive in expanding nature. The best i found to be 100gr soft points. I reload my own and used hornadys 100gr psp interlock. they are an excellant bullet. if you don't reload, any of the ready made ones in 100gr soft points are ok.

I suggest if you are to start deer stalking then you get yourself a mentor that lives local to you.

swampy

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Thanks for the replies, yes i reload ( Got some factory Privi bullets) but i'll get a few rounds of the Hornady Bullets and see how it goe's..

bravo,
how long is the barrel on your rifle and what is the twist rate? these will matter with bullet selection and powder selection. I load a bit for my cousin. his rifle is 22 inch barrelled and better performance can be obtained with slightly quicker burning powders. he uses N140. the bullet number is 2450. the slower powders give fast speeds on the powder makers sites. but remember they are probably using 26 inch test barrels. Please don't get too wrapped up in velocity. accuracy is king. of course there is the worry about the muzzle energy... so don't run it over a chrono and it will never worry you.

Hi Swampy

When out the other day and shot the 243 for the first time since purchasing it, popped off ten rounds of the Prvi 100gr factory ammo at around 125 yds or there abouts and shot perfect with a nice little kick., the barrel is 23" or there abouts, havn't yet slugged the barrel, hoping to get round to that over the weekend, the cartridges i have for the reloads are winchester, what's the best powder i should use ?and what bullet i had my eye on the sierra 100gr gameking?

Bravo24