.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.

 

[TWard]

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

Still have about 5 boxes left. Yes, can't find them anywhere either.

 

[The Guide]

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

Still have about 5 boxes left. Yes, can't find them anywhere either.

Bullets can be found here...

Combined Technology Ballistic Silvertip Hunting 6mm, 243 Cal (243

Combined Technology bullets are state of the art, aerodynamically optimized hunting and varmint bullets designed to put unparalleled accuracy, flight...

www.midwayusa.com

Loaded ammo can be found here...

Winchester Ballistic Silvertip Nickel Plated Brass .243 Win 95-Grain 20-Rounds RCEPT

Winchester Ballistic Silvertip delivers exceptional performance and precision in a consistent and reliable load. Each box contains 20 rounds of 95 grain .243 Winchester with rapid controlled expansion polymer tip projectiles and nickel-plated brass casings. Buy your ammo online for the best...

grabagun.com

Jay

 

[Bugger]

SC DNR did a study some years ago proving 243 is literally the worst. If you do well with, take all the credit for your shooting. Give none to the cartridge, because it deserves none.

Picking the best .243 bullet is a waste of time when .223 works at least as well. Whatever you think .243 does, .223 actually does. Both depend on your exceptional marksmanship. So take the easier route with .223.

Yeah that’s not what happened…


Seems to me the larger the caliber the longer they run, with the anomoly being the 243 which can be explained by it likely being used mostly by kids and flinchers taking bad shots. Unfortunately they didn’t show average accuracy per caliber in the study. The 223 isn’t even mentioned.

Would you look at that, bullet construction matters a lot more than price/advertising. It’s almost like I’ve heard that somewhere before.