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Thread: factory ammo for 243

  1. 01-03-2017, 09:05 PM #1
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    factory ammo for 243

    just wondering if somebody out there has found factory ammo for the tikka t3 243 that shoots well.
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    I use remington corelocts 100gr. Shoots good enough for me.
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    factory ammo for 243

    Quote Originally Posted by andyanimal31 View Post
    just wondering if somebody out there has found factory ammo for the tikka t3 243 that shoots well.
    cheers Andy

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    I've been wanting to give the hornady super performance sst 95's for 243 a try for a while.

    I've seen super performance shoot a 3 shot 2 hole overlapping group at 100 out of someone else's t3 308, and I've had similar results with super performance vmax 53s out of my T3 223


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    Quote Originally Posted by kiwi39 View Post
    I've been wanting to give the hornady super performance sst 95's for 243 a try for a while.

    I've seen super performance shoot a 3 shot 2 hole overlapping group at 100 out of someone else's t3 308, and I've had similar results with super performance vmax 53s out of my T3 223


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    yea hornady would be my choice if it shoots well

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    Quote Originally Posted by andyanimal31 View Post
    yea hornady would be my choice if it shoots well

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    Ahhhhh Both tikka T3's .... I see what I did there ....


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    100gn Hornady American Whitetail. Good groups out of my T3 and 5 dead dear with them so far. Best bit is that its only $45 a box
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    Quote Originally Posted by septic View Post
    100gn Hornady American Whitetail. Good groups out of my T3 and 5 dead dear with them so far. Best bit is that its only $45 a box
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