My Savage Bolt action will take a bullet with a 105 grain SP, with a COAL of 63.44 mm... which is too long for an AR Mag
but does just fine in the Savage.. on the Model 70 SA, the 24 inch Douglas barrel will take a 6 x 45 with a COAL of 64.65mm

depending on the powder used, MV is in the 2550 fps to 2650 fps range.. with either H 322 or Benchmark...

with AR Comp, it'll run 2800 according to my chronograph, and a friends Lab Radar chrony... 25.5 gr charge.
a 100 grain Hornady SP will exceed 2800 fps... not far behind a 243...

I've loaded 243 for kids with an MV of 2500 to 2600 fps, with 100 grain bullets or less that have worked just fine, in taking down deer, to include some pretty heavy ones for a blacktail... 30 grains of 4198 or RL 7.

Proof in the pudding will be this fall by dropping one myself.. I think a whole host of bullets will work with this cartridge, for taking an Oregon Blacktail.

Heck even Schtick could take one at 1000 yds with one of these rounds... ( that's 100 yds for you and me and the rest of us... but in Alaska on PoW Island, "1000 yds" is a 100 yds down in the lower 48 )....

Last edited by Seafire; 09/02/23. Reason: correction....

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