Only CNS shot I've ever seen (any caliber) was my last (first & only) antelope - a pure John Wilkes Booth-shot. Anything would have realistically dropped this critter DRT - any caliber.
Every other .243 hit was all center-mass broad side & either double lung or heart-shots. They all dropped on the spot, perhaps after having done the obligatory "scoot from the shot" - but were dead upon "scooting" - perhaps ten feet.
Again, I've either shot 'em myself or watched 'em - all broadside lung/heart shots with .270s through .30-06 & all have run 100 yards or so. Never happened with a .243 - again, just what I've seen.
No doubt, & I'll swear to it, that a .308, etc. kills deer to no end - just in my experience, you have to walk further from the shot to gather the goods.
Every .243 shot I've seen has dropped everything in its tracks.
Every other .243 hit was all center-mass broad side & either double lung or heart-shots. They all dropped on the spot, perhaps after having done the obligatory "scoot from the shot" - but were dead upon "scooting" - perhaps ten feet.
Again, I've either shot 'em myself or watched 'em - all broadside lung/heart shots with .270s through .30-06 & all have run 100 yards or so. Never happened with a .243 - again, just what I've seen.
No doubt, & I'll swear to it, that a .308, etc. kills deer to no end - just in my experience, you have to walk further from the shot to gather the goods.
Every .243 shot I've seen has dropped everything in its tracks.