The best all around 243 bullet

[fshaw]

41.5 grains of H4350

Thank you.

 

[fshaw]

Do the 95gr BTs and 90gr Accubonds stabilize well in 10 twist barrels? Thanks.

 

[Ope]

95 NBT’s have been stable out of my Tikka with a 10 twist.

 

[fshaw]

41.5 grains of H4350

Thanks Dude.

 

[fshaw]

95 NBT’s have been stable out of my Tikka with a 10 twist.

Thanks Ope. You using H4350 also? I have some IMR4350, but no H4350. May have to buy some.

 

[Sponxx]

For those of you loading the 95gr NBT, what powder are you finding best accuracy with? Thanks.

I'm not sure if it is "best" accuracy, but I use 7828 and load them to 3000fps. I Have killed deer and hogs with it.
Charge range from 46.5 to 48.8g gave almost same POI at 150yd, so I settled on 48.4g and called it good.

I have gotten pass thru's and also a bullet caught in the spine of a nice 9pt buck quartering away. Got lung, big vessels and spine.
The hogs I shoot in the head/neck/ear, and never really get pass through, but don't look too hard or expect them hitting solid bones

 

[B Harrison]

Lots of good bullet suggestions on this thread... maybe too many? I am unfamiliar with this cartridge, but inherited a 99 in 243 Win so thinking the 6.5 PRC will stay at home next fall and will give the 99 a try. As a 60s era rifle with a rather peculiar action, any specific bullet(s) known to work best with a 99?

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[ckt3]

Do yall like the 95 gr NBT over a 108 ELDM or 103 ELDX? Assuming 8 twist barrel and hand loads.

 

[swavescatter]

Do yall like the 95 gr NBT over a 108 ELDM or 103 ELDX? Assuming 8 twist barrel and hand loads.

I'm taking the 108's all day long for the better ballistics personally. I only have one data point on elk but it was very impressive at 450 yds. The 95's shot well in my 1:8 Tikka, though they have a ridiculously short ogive and need to be seated deeper than 108's...

 

[B Harrison]

Lots of good bullet suggestions on this thread... maybe too many? I am unfamiliar with this cartridge, but inherited a 99 in 243 Win so thinking the 6.5 PRC will stay at home next fall and will give the 99 a try. As a 60s era rifle with a rather peculiar action, any specific bullet(s) known to work best with a 99?

They shoot like any other rifles.
Try anything in the 80-100 grain range.
100 grain Winchesters are hard to beat in a short barrel.


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[nuffgun]

Do yall like the 95 gr NBT over a 108 ELDM or 103 ELDX? Assuming 8 twist barrel and hand loads.

First year with the 108 ELDM has resulted in quick kills but I can’t imagine that the 103 eldx or the 95 nbt would have performed too much different. If you plan on shooting longer ranges I would stick with the 108 or 103. That being said the furthest shot I have taken this season was 399 with the 108.