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    Quote Originally Posted by ZQLewis View Post
    I run 108 ELDM's in my 243 Short action with 1:8 barrel at around 3000 fps. No issue with length, I load at max mag length of around 2.8x" 72-73mm.
    Lot of US target shooters run these faster.
    nb berger 87 gr hunters also shoot really well but I could not get the 105gr VLD hunters to group as well as I would have liked.

    So I can say the 108 gr's kill Fallow and goats and red hinds & spikers. last fallow at 120mt walking up hill away from me bullet went through hip ball joint, paunch, liver, lung, brisket, I found the base under the skin at the front of the chest.
    For side on shots on goats I feel they get half way through before they start to open up so if I was only shooting goats I would go back to the 87 gr vld's

    Hope this helps re bullet performance.
    Z
    NB I'm sure I could run them up to 3100 fps but I don't need too. Some of the new powders have breathed new life into heavy for caliber projectiles. Hodgdon list >2970 fps for 115 gr in 243.
    Interesting. What action is it? And what length barrel are you running?
    That's pretty impressive speeds.
    I learnt to hunt with the stout little 243 so I still toy with idea of getting another one. I wish tikka would hurry up and bring the 1 in 8 .243 into NZ. I just assumed the 6mm creedmoore was the new improved version of the 243. But maybe I'm wrong. I have a 22-250 and a 7mm08 I'm thinking of selling and building some sort of fast twist 6mm. The do all caliber as they say. How does the 108 go on stags during the roar? Thanks for your input.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SIX5ENZD View Post
    Interesting. What action is it? And what length barrel are you running?
    That's pretty impressive speeds.
    I learnt to hunt with the stout little 243 so I still toy with idea of getting another one. I wish tikka would hurry up and bring the 1 in 8 .243 into NZ. I just assumed the 6mm creedmoore was the new improved version of the 243. But maybe I'm wrong. I have a 22-250 and a 7mm08 I'm thinking of selling and building some sort of fast twist 6mm. The do all caliber as they say. How does the 108 go on stags during the roar? Thanks for your input.
    Barnard SM action AI mag and a 24" Trueflite barrel. Never shot a roar stag with the 108's but any shot into the chest will destroy heart and lungs so they would not go far.
    ed just checked load data is 46 gr of Reloader 26 and and OAL is 2.83" in Lapua Brass.
    Z

 

 

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