243 bullets

[new albertan]

What is a good choice of bullet for deer in 243 caliber

[munyee4321]

Factory? or Reloads?

Factory i would go with the heaviest grain Nosler Partion available. I think Federal has them in factory 100grains

If you can Find Winchester 95grain Xp3 elite then i would settle for them for factory loads

I currently have 85 grain TSX loaded up for my .243 for the gf and they work great.

[The Moose Whisperer]

I will be using handloaded 90 grain Swift Scirocco's for deer this year, think they will work well. If I had to use factory stuff, I would look at the Fusions.

[BigBlack]

100gr Sierra Game Kings handloaded on top of H4350 do well way down here in Georgia.

[Donny Bear]

I currently have 85 grain TSX loaded up for my .243 for the gf and they work great X2

[Pathfinder76]

This evening, 85gr TSX, 243, 3300+ fps.

WARNING:These projectiles will bounce off deer at 500yds.

[Ruger4]

H380 - 38grns w/ 100 grn Hornady Spire#2450 works just fine for me

[tackleberry]

Hey i have been having some trouble with the Berger 95 gr VLD in my rem700. 1:10 twist. I'm thinin they might be a tad too long a bullet for my twist of barrel. Tried about 13 progressively different load charges and couldn't get a single one to group well at 100.

Sounds like the TSX 85 gr may be a good way to go, but has anyone else had luck with any of the Berger bullets in this caliber? I need to get er tuned up for the first time hunter program again this year and i got a lot of those Bergers' left.

[ram crazy]

100gr. speer boattails work really good

[Donkey Slayer]

I have the TSX loaded up with 44 grains of IMR4350 @ 3300 ft/sec.

Steven's 200 - 243

Will try this November.

Noticed quite a bit of copper fouling.

[sbtennex]

95 gr Nosler CT ballistic silvertip at 3150 fps, a max load, shoots better than anything else tried. Great accuracy, sub .5" groups @ 100. Federal Premium 100 gr Partition in a factory load's awful effective too.

[coldredneck]

I have :
a box of 100 , Hornady 100g BTSP Interlock #2453
58 - Sierra 60g 243 hollow point
and a box of old CIL 75G PSP
if your interested , drop me a PM

Thanks
Ken

[hunter12345]

you had any luck with the bergers i amm thinking of 105 , but if you cant get the 95 to shoot out of a 1-10 i might try the ttsx ,thanks

[TangoKilo]

Very hard to beat the 85Gr TSX over some H-414.
In my Tikka 595 this load shot 1/2" groups... Why did I sell it?

[CoyoteChallenger]

i have had good luck on deer using Factory Remington Core-lokt ammo and also handloaded Hornady 100 BTSP Bullets. I enjoy the heavier bullets, i just like to hit a little harder.

[Vindalbakken]

Used 100 gr. Sierra Boat Tails in mine - never had a deer that liked them.

[Tikka300]

I just loaded up some 100 gr sierra game kings, couldn't get the partitions to shoot great. But hopefully the 100gr game king on top of hybrid 100V works.