This might get kind of long but I will do my best to keep it short as possible. Sorry but I dont remember all the exact loads in detail but I can get close.

I have been using a 243 win for deer hunting since the early 90's. I used to shoot a Rem 700 BDL varmint in 243 loaded with 90gr Ballistic Tips over a charge of IMR 4350. Great shooting load and bullet worked great beyond 100 yards. Shot several deer with this combo out to 400yds and always got a large exit hole and DRT.

Started using the same load in a Model 7 243 I had. Made a broad side heart and lung shot on a scrub buck at 30yds. 90gr BT went in about 6" and blew up due to high impact speeds. This started me on a quest for a new bullet for all my 243's.

Fast forward a couple years and my oldest daughter decided she wanted to start deer hunting. She uses a Rem 700 in a Ti stock and a 22" barrel.

I have always like Sierra bullets so I loaded up 100gr BTSP sierras with the same charge of IMR 4350. She shot her first buck, a nice 4 pointer at 103 yards. Broadside heart and lung shot. No exit hole and deer ran about 20 yards and fell over dead. We found a little bit of the base of the jacket on the off side under the hide. Time to try another bullet.

I had a box of Speer 100gr round nose on my loading bench. Loaded her up some of them with the same powder charge thinking the round nose would be prefect for her since her shots are normaly close to within 200yds.

Shot a real nice 8 pointer broadside at 53 yards. No blood trail and he ran about 50 yards in a big thicket. Finally found him and there was about a 3" long trace of blood coming out of the entrance hole and no exit hole. Time to try another bullet.

Worked up a load with the 100gr partition. It has been bang flop ever since. Always nice exit holes on any angle shot from 25yards to 215 yards.

I have heard and read alot about the 95 gr BT and I have a few hundred I have been wanting to try so I cant speak for the 95 but the 90's do not work inside 100yds. There jacket is to thin.

6mm BR.
Youngest daughter decided she wanted to start deer hunting. I built her a 6 mm BR off the Model 7 243 I had. 22" 1/8 twist Benchmark barrel. Found a load using 95gr Berger VLD's and pushing them at 2800 fps per my chrono.

She has dropped 2 deer so far and both have been bang flops. Attached is a pic of the bullets we recovered from her deer. Both are 95gr VLD's and were recovered from the off side under the hide. The one on the left was recovered in the off side shoulder and the shot was 112 yards. Right bullet was under the hide and shot was 126 yards.

I have been tempted to change bullets in the BR due to not getting an exit hole so far but as you can see by the pic, they are holding together and working good so far so im going to stick with them for now.

Sorry for the long post. This is my readers digest version of deer hunting with a 243 over the last 24 years or so.

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