Thread: 243 on deer

Re ammo, the 95gr SST's are a good bullet but $3.70 - $5 a shot is not cheap.
Fiocchi at 2950 fps and Hornady at 3185 fps.

In practice, inside 200 mtr any thing over 80gr will kill a deer so I suspect I would be shopping on price, particually if some target practice was on the cards.
Z

Originally Posted by ZQLewis

Re ammo, the 95gr SST's are a good bullet but $3.70 - $5 a shot is not cheap.
Fiocchi at 2950 fps and Hornady at 3185 fps.

In practice, inside 200 mtr any thing over 80gr will kill a deer so I suspect I would be shopping on price, particually if some target practice was on the cards.
Z

Strange how if you only reload how you lose contact with the price of ammo.

Originally Posted by TeRei

Strange how if you only reload how you lose contact with the price of ammo.

Yep I'm hold my hand up, been more than 20 years since I brought anything other than rimfire.
Got a bit of a surprice when I did a quick look across GC's ammo selection for 243.
Z
ps hehe I did get a shock a year or 2 back when I could not get my seirra GameKings and had to buy some Noslers in 35cal. That made my eyes water.
Looking at some Hammers for an alternative as no one makes a 35 with a BC much over .380 without getting too long.