Thread: 243 Loads

I used 2206H and the hornady 87gr bthp bullets for years. Shot reds from 5-300m with that combo. Was using 38 grains of powder. Pretty sure the first manual I had that was book max, but in later additions it is over book max. Just be careful. T3 with 20 inch barrel.

I have not used the hornady 87gr but it's heavy for caliber.
And I do use the ELD-M's in my heavy 243 and Berger's in my light 243. Lots of people use the A-max with great success.

Just remember a fallow deer is not very big. Side on the bullet has to open up within 100mm to be effective of it will just pass through.
Side on most red deer are not that big either.
A soft bullet just behind the foreleg will kill just about anything in NZ.
Placement, placement placement.
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Got a box of the hornady softpoint 87gr projectiles that are now listed as varmint but were meant to be one of the good projectiles for the 243 back in the day. Number 2240? Not a boat tail though.

Originally Posted by csmiffy

Got a box of the hornady softpoint 87gr projectiles that are now listed as varmint but were meant to be one of the good projectiles for the 243 back in the day. Number 2240? Not a boat tail though.

87 Sp no: 2440 listed as varmint and medium game in vol 4 Hornady manual, Is a flat base spitzer.

Originally Posted by 257weatherby

87 Sp no: 2440 listed as varmint and medium game in vol 4 Hornady manual, Is a flat base spitzer.

That's the one. Think it was the one Graeme Olmo liked or was it Graham Henry?

both I believe....

The 100 grain sierra pro hunters would be spot on.