.243 projectile options

About to help with some .243 loads and it appears theirs plenty of projectiles to choose from

100gn partitions (probably to expensive)

90gn ballistic tips (fraction cheaper than the partition)

90gn speer hotcors

95gn SST

100gn Interlock

Speer 85gn btsp

90gn eldx

Primary use is fallow and goats 100-300 yards with the possibility of the odd red deer sub 200 yards . Itd be my guess that the above are all capable for his intended uses bassed on my use in other calibres .

Is anybody liking anything out of that list more than others .

Its a model 7 I think its around 20" long

Many thanks

well if you went with partitions and interlocts...same load,should be same POI you could use partitions for your big deer and the cheaper interlocts for lighter stuff..... the 80-87grn hornadies had a large fan base back in the day...the animals arent any harder to kill now.
look at what you CAN get that will work with powder you CAN get nd go from there.

Btsp

All of the above are availible and he has plenty of powder options cheers for the replys

If been using the speer hot cores. They shoot well in my howa and have worked well on a couple reds so far. Pretty good price too.

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95g ballistic tips


The designer of said had larger game performance in mind

@7mmsaum I knew where your vote would land as I was typing the post dont no if 95gn was availble any input on the 90gn? Id say they all have the nice thick base?

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If been using the speer hot cores. They shoot well in my howa and have worked well on a couple reds so far. Pretty good price too.

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Definitely like the price

100 grain Hornady, either BTSP or Flat base.
I've shot hundreds (at least a couple of hundred) of deer with them. They just work.
At the moment I'm using 87 grain Hornady for smaller stuff, Sika, Fallow meat animals etc if I'm shooting. If someone else is on the gun I feed it 85 grain Interbonds. They both shoot near enough to the same spot out to about 250.

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@7mmsaum I knew where your vote would land as I was typing the post dont no if 95gn was availble any input on the 90gn? Id say they all have the nice thick base?

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I’m sorry I don’t have any experience with the 90g BT

Past few years I've shot literally hundreds of fallow with 85gr TSX and 95gr SST 0-300yds and they have performed very well

Support NZ made… Targex. Bryn is out of jackets for the 95 grain but has plenty of 105 grain.

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Support NZ made… Targex. Bryn is out of jackets for the 95 grain but has plenty of 105 grain.

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I think its a pretty slow twist

Speer 90 not a fancy bullet but it works bloody well and is happy in a slow twist

Can’t go wrong with the 100gr Hornady. One load to kill anything at any reasonable distance. That’s what Dave McClunie used to kill all his Wapiti and many bull Tahr with.

I've had success with both the 80gr Speer Hot-Cor and the 100gr Hornady BTSP, accurate in all my 243's and effective in killing. Even better, there is negligible difference in POI between the two within 100 metres.

Goats and fallow suggest you want to stay with the softer bullets..
The SST is softish and they perform well. the eldx and the 100gf interlocks i would suggest are a bit stout for these particually at the longer distances.
From that list I would be picking the Speer 85gr.
The others I don't know.

My old man used to use 75gr for fallow in the blue mountains, 85-87gr for reds.
If you are shopping to buy bullets the Sierra Game King 85gr and hornady 87gr boat tail are popular in 243 for mid size game and generally well priced.
Z

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I think its a pretty slow twist

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According to a few, they still stabilise in 1:10. I’m gonna give some a crack cos I’m almost out of 95s.

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Goats and fallow suggest you want to stay with the softer bullets..
The SST is softish and they perform well. the eldx and the 100gf interlocks i would suggest are a bit stout for these particually at the longer distances.
From that list I would be picking the Speer 85gr.
The others I don't know.

My old man used to use 75gr for fallow in the blue mountains, 85-87gr for reds.
If you are shopping to buy bullets the Sierra Game King 85gr and hornady 87gr boat tail are popular in 243 for mid size game and generally well priced.
Z

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Im a huge fan of the game king in .223 and .308 it does look like theirs 100gn availble but none of the lighter

Greetings @Kelton,
Based on some of the stuff I have read you Model 7 may have a ! in 9" twist so you may want to measure it to be sure. Remington changed the twist of their .244 Rem from 1 in 12" to 1 in 9" and renamed it the 6mm Remington. I believe that .243 barrels may have got the 1 in 9" twist as well at that time.
Regards Grandpamac.

Primary use is fallow and goats 100-300 yards with the possibility of the odd red deer sub 200 yards

thats basically what I use my 243 for with basic winchester softpoint flatbase 80gr projectiles for and they do great

any of the fancy bullets would no doubt do better again, I have a bag of 95gr targex Im looking forward to using later down the track

If it has a 9" twist I'd go with the 105gr targex, they kill ridiculously well out to 600yards plus.
If not then the 95gr ssts aren't a bad price compared to so options and kill fairly well too. Better than the 100gr soft points I have tried in my opinion.

9 1/8 gents according to Google and this model . So thats fractionally slower than 9 eh?

How accurate and lethal do you want this mighty 243 to perform? Would you like a lighting bolt with a vapour trail extinguish goats like the last day in hell? Get 44gr's of 2209 and squeeze a Matakohe pill on top. Not joking.They are brutal. PM Mr Blythen. Obliging chap. Cleaned up a mob of goats by request from a cockie.Long range equivalent to smoking rabbits with a 22-250. Used to create red mist on goats with 75gr Hornady but the 95gr Targex is on another level. 2C.

I spoke to Bryn about his projectiles the other day and he told me that the 105's will definitely stabilise in a 1:10 barrel.
I'm pretty keen to get some 95's off him if he has them back in stock by the time mine is ready

In my daughters Model 7 I could get the Hornady 100gr Brel to shoot about 1.5” the Speer 90gr hotcor shot a bit better. Haven’t done any mucking around to improve things.

@TeRei are you talking about the targex mate?

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@TeRei are you talking about the targex mate?

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Mr Blythen comes from Matakohe.

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If it has a 9" twist I'd go with the 105gr targex, they kill ridiculously well out to 600yards plus.
If not then the 95gr ssts aren't a bad price compared to so options and kill fairly well too. Better than the 100gr soft points I have tried in my opinion.

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What BC are they @TLB ? I've just ordered some of the 105 Targex for mine and would love to know if you some validated data, save me a bit of mucking around please ;)

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Mr Blythen comes from Matakohe.

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I haven't validated them on paper, just been using a BC of .5 which I'm pretty sure I got of Bryn. Seems to work on deer but should really check it on paper at some stage.
Shot over 100 deer with them to good effect.
Reloder 26 pushes them out nicely!

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I haven't validated them on paper, just been using a BC of .5 which I'm pretty sure I got of Bryn. Seems to work on deer but should really check it on paper at some stage.
Shot over 100 deer with them to good effect.
Reloder 26 pushes them out nicely!

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Choice, I'll likely be using 2225 with them as I e got a kilo of it, should last a while.

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Choice, I'll likely be using 2225 with them as I e got a kilo of it, should last a while.

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How does the 2225 go @Rated M for Magnum

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How does the 2225 go @Rated M for Magnum

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Not sure yet @Kelton 2225 may be too slow from what I've read on the internet. I would happily swap for a kilo of 2217 of there's any about

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@7mmsaum I knew where your vote would land as I was typing the post dont no if 95gn was availble any input on the 90gn? Id say they all have the nice thick base?

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used to run 90grn bts worked extremely well, very messy under 100m , then went to sst's now running 95 sst . will end up going to the hotcores as sst are getting spendy especially for roos

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Not sure yet @Kelton 2225 may be too slow from what I've read on the internet. I would happily swap for a kilo of 2217 of there's any about

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Iv just tested my 2217 just need to test my 2225 now mate give me until after next weekend and il let you no

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Iv just tested my 2217 just need to test my 2225 now mate give me until after next weekend and il let you no

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Not tested in .243 obviously otherwise id be sharing data