OK. The nice thing about slower bullets is that they don't get too destructive.

The .243 is, as you are probably aware of, running 2900ish. I see that you listed it as a factory load now that I went back and read your post....duhhh.

I'm also wanting to try another .243, and the Barnes 85 grain TSX is just giving me the warm fuzzies. I like to break running gear, and my shots tend to be close, and I just don't feel confident about the SST in that particular set of circumstances. But, I will keep an open mind.