I shot a few 243s, Think I am down to 4 of them now. i am shooting either 80 grain TTSXs or 85 TSXs in three. One rifle shoots of them unreal good with the XLCs Three are with Varget, one is with 4451. All are very accurate. Never recovered a bullet, never lost a deer, never needed a second dose for any of the 243s I have owned over the years.