20rds – 243 Win Hornady American Whitetail Tipped 95gr. SST Ammo

20rds – 243 Win Hornady American Whitetail Tipped 95gr. SST Ammo Details

Know what I learned about today? The “ōtsuchi” – a war hammer with a 6-foot long shaft that Japanese samurai used to clobber down doors and pretty much anything else they deemed to be worthy of clobbering.

Sadly, there are no recorded instances of a samurai using a ōtsuchi to take down a deer. That would have been a neat trick. There are also no recorded instances of a samurai using a 243 Win rifle for the same purpose, but I think we can all agree it’s a much more suitable tool for the job.

There’d probably be no deer left in Japan if everyone had Hornady American Whitetail Tipped 243 Win ammo back in the day. That’s because its 95 grain Super Shock Tip doesn’t give deer a fighting chance! Between the bullet’s ultra-sleek external geometry (complete with a sharp tip and boat tail that amplify G1 BC to 0.355), ultra-high weight retention (supplied by the InterLock ring and cannelure that lock its core and jacket together twice), and capacity for enormous terminal expansion, the SST is fully equipped to make the shortest of work of even the sturdiest deer.

“おやすみ、鹿さん!” Know what that means? It means “Goodnight, deer!”