#3059753 - 12/02/12 04:18 PM
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95 grain Fusion.
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#3059862 - 12/02/12 05:25 PM
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100gr hornady btsp's are hard to beat IMO but I also like the 85gr barnes tsx
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#3060540 - 12/02/12 10:56 PM
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I too like the 100gr partition but can't remember off the top of my head what powder I am loading. I sure would not be scared to try some barnes. ttsx
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#3060656 - 12/03/12 06:09 AM
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 100 grn Seirra gameking,44.5 grns of IMR 7828. Rifle is a Savage model 11. 5 shots at 100 yards, Have taken at least 25 whitetails with this load from 25 to the longest shot was 326 yards. Some ran but not far most piled up DRT.
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#3061771 - 12/03/12 06:41 PM
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100 grn Seirra gameking,44.5 grns of IMR 7828. Rifle is a Savage model 11. 5 shots at 100 yards, Have taken at least 25 whitetails with this load from 25 to the longest shot .was 326 yards. Some ran but not far most piled up DRT.
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#3061845 - 12/03/12 07:16 PM
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That has to be a 100 or 105 grain bullet. IMR7828, not the sc, is an absolute killer load for the 243 but in my experience, only with the heavier bullets. And that is indeed great shooting.
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#3062433 - 12/04/12 06:07 AM
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7mminatree
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That has to be a 100 or 105 grain bullet. IMR7828, not the sc, is an absolute killer load for the 243 but in my experience, only with the heavier bullets. And that is indeed great shooting.
Edited by 7mminatree (12/04/12 06:18 AM)
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#3063808 - 12/04/12 07:55 PM
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In past years I have used 100 gr Hornady Interlock soft point for broad side, quartering toward me and head on chest shots. All were fatal with deer not running more than 40 yards. Shots were from 20 yards to 175 yards.
I have tried the lighter balistic tips from Hornady, Nosler and Sierra. They were deadly but I found no exit hole and bullets did not hold together. My preference is a blood trail from entrance and exit.
Nosler has established a great reputaion with their partition bullets. I don't have experience with them on deer. The reason is that they were not as accurate in my 243s as Hornady.
The most accurate powder for the 100 gr bullets in my testing has been IMR4350 just under max recommendation.
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#3064294 - 12/05/12 07:58 AM
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I'm a big fan of the 100 gr. Hornady interlocks in my 243 as well. Great penetration, almost always an exit wound, and outstanding terminal performance. They also are super accurate in my Encore.
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#3075240 - 12/11/12 11:01 PM
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Never recovered a single partition with the 243, always punches through. My Son killed his first buck with it but he INSISTED he use his own hand load, which was a 95 grain ballistic tip. Unfortunately, Mr. Deer showed up at 25 yards and the bullet came apart, badly. Deer ran about 20 yards and died. he was all cut up inside, nearly every organ pulped. We found strips of copper and lead all over.
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