Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting Sporter 243 A.I. Revisited

Mark,

I try to always keep a 243 on hand. You might laugh, but I was shooting a Ruger American Rifle. I had one in 243 when they first hit the shelves, sold it and bought another a few months later. Both have been tack drivers.

I wanted a 9 twist 243 to try this bullet and this was all I could find locally.

I started at 39grs and worked up. I have some loaded at 41 I'm going to try too. I'm guessing 41.5 is on the warm side. That's Hornadys max for that bullet, but velocity is in the 2900's out of a 24" barrel.