Thread: 243

ok so i just won a PH on the yellow (early xmas present for me if the deal goes thru)
whats the go to bullet weight for these .....(factory ammo for now)

In close Winchester Power Points are deadly, Federal 95 Fusion

0 to 90gr works great in most 243s.

My favourates are: 70gr Blitzkings for Culling and general hunting.

85gr Gameking or 87gr Vmax for hunting/competition.

Greetings,
Depends on the twist. If it is a 1 in 10" (you should measure it to make sure) you may struggle to stabilise anything 100 grains with a boat tail. Remington rifles mostly have a i in 9" twist that is more tolerant. Others will have their favourites to recommend.
Regards Grandpamac.

where you hunt....100grn round nose/coreloct/winchester they should stabalize... 50 yards being a barrel stretch for you so dont need flashharry pills.

Yea looks like the original barrel so I'm picking 1-10...
Will be mainly used for when I'm out chasing goatdeer (fallow and sika) ....
So probably don't need heavy loads

the 87grn range had large following for sika/fallow use whatever you can get lol often we overthink it.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

where you hunt....100grn round nose/coreloct/winchester they should stabalize... 50 yards being a barrel stretch for you so dont need flashharry pills.

I'm not retiring the 30/30 or the 8mm one of these will always be taken to pureora or whirinaki

Found this review on the Speer pages for their #1213 85gn SP Boat Tail FWIW

"Today at 82 years of age, I've been using this bullet for over 60 years in the same Ruger 77 bolt-action rifle. That rifle has shot the bullet close to a 1" group, sometimes less, using an almost max-load of IMR 4350. For the last 10 years, I've move up to a manual recommended max-load of 46 gr of IMR 4350, and Fed.GM210M primer in a Winchester case, no pressure signs ever. But I make sure any shots fired are not during hot weather. That load still gives me a 1" group and great results on over 100 deer. I always do a behind the shoulder-lung shot. The deer sometimes may run 30 or 40 yards before going down, and sometimes they drop like a rock.The bullet always does a through-and-through which gives a good blood-trail since there's two holes in the lung area. I've never-taken shoulder shots which may have different results, but I'm always going for the lung shot. That #1213 , 85gr bullet has been for 60 years, a fast flat-shooting missile feared by all deer, and loved by me."

Greetings,
Depends on the twist. If it is a 1 in 10" (you should measure it to make sure) you may struggle to stabilise anything 100 grains with a boat tail. Remington rifles mostly have a i in 9" twist that is more tolerant. Others will have their favourites to recommend.
Regards Grandpamac.

Federal Blue Box 80gr worth a try in the rifle first. I deal for what you are going after.

Winchester 100gn Power Points sacked 3 reds on the spot at 200mtrs a few weeks back. It's all I use.

The cheap as chips hornady whitetail 100gr ammo has bang flopped everything I've pointed it at.

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I bought my wife a p h 243 and have been playing around with hand loads for it. This one shoots best with 80-85gn pills anything heavier its minute of a4. Seems to be the way with all the early model 243s Ive owned...

95gr SST have been a mainstay for my .243, more accurate than I can be, and effective on fallow and reds