Thread: 243 best off the shelf ammo & bullet weight (Sika)

+1 for the 95gr sst. Fiocchi do a cheaper version than the Hornady ones. Virtually the same price as corelokts.
I have shot over 40 deer and similar amount of goats with mine in the last couple of months.
Tried the corelokts and on goats even billies,which aren't too dissimilar to smaller Sika, they really did lack killing power over 200 yards and with the lower bc and muzzle velocity the wind drift was pretty horrendous.
SSTs worked really well out to about 400 but over that out to 512 yards I have been using the targex 105gr. They probably won't stabilise in anything slower than a 1 in 9 twist and are reloading only.
Good luck, .243 is a sweet little cartridge and is my go to for culling now.