.243 deer bullet choice

[jeffpenland123]

Winchester Ballistic Silvertips 95 grain.
Have killed between 0-220 yards. Flat Shooting, no recoil. Not a huge entry or exit obviously with small bullet, but they don't make it far if they don't drop in the beginning.

Those are really good bullets. I can't find them anywhere.

 

[The Guide]

Those are really good bullets. I can't find them anywhere.

Loaded ammo is available from Winchester and the bullets are available from Nosler/Combined Technology as components.

Jay

 

[BPT0586]

I've only used 95 ballistic tips and 100 gr interlocks. Both are great, but I'd have to say the 95 gr BTs are likely my pick. Purple meanies all the way

 

[badgeralum99]

I use the Hornady

243 Win 95 gr SST® Superformance®​

Shot well out of my sons Savage 110 Hunter and have never had any issues with it not doing its job.

 

[jeffpenland123]

Hornady 100gr Interlock, 100gr Corelokt,100gr Sierra GK, Barnes 85gr TSX, and 80gr TTSX have all killed deer for me out of a 243 or a 6mm Rem. I usually load the Barnes stuff now. I think a 95gr Fusion would work perfectly too. Stay away from the SST.

I had very bad problems out of the SST first deer 100 yards I'm very sure of a hit but I didn't see any blood so I thought I missed that evening 110 yards bang mule kick 3 drops of blood no more tracked up the creek where I thought she might have went didn't find her or anything else. I started shooting 100 grain federal blue box wasn't very accurate about a 1.5 inch group then I bought some cheap 80 grain Remington core lokt on sale, 4 shots 1 inch group ( the guns a 18.5 inch 1-9 twist.) deer season this year pretty good sized for come out 125 yards off hand quartering away hit the right side front shoulder pretty high up exited out the neck didn't move at all. That 80 grain core lokt made me trust the 243 again.