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I'm picking one up tomorrow, Remington model seven .243, blued synthetic. It'll be used for deer mainly, and the occasional groundhog for practice. Will 95gr nosler ballistic tips do the trick? What about the 90 grainers? Any difference in toughness? What powder is best?
Oh, and believe it or not, deer bite. Fairly hard.
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Good bullets, won't matter which one you use. Imr4350, varget, and imr4064 are good ones to try first. Bump the lands and rock on.
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95 grain Ballistic Tips and 4350 powder are pure poison on deer.
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I like bullets a bit tougher than the BT. Killed several deer with them, but sometimes did not get the penetration I wanted. Have never had anything but good results from the Partition in the 6mm chamberings.
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I used to run 100gr btips in my 25-06 and never had one not make it through a deer from 20 yards to 350. Was hoping the 90 or 95 in .243 would be the same. What about 90gr accubonds?
Oh, and believe it or not, deer bite. Fairly hard.
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I have yet to see a 95 grain NBT stay inside a deer near or far.
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85g TSX is crazy wicked. I'm pushing them at almost 3,500 FPS out of my .243AI. 3,250+ should be easy out of a vanilla .243, which is still smokin'. Here's one I recovered on a near full-length body shot at a distance ... If I recall, this bullet weighed about 84.2g after impact/expansion. Traveled over 24" through the deer as well.
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Deer bullets: 95 grain NBT Shoot great, give deer an instant dirt nap.
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I killed a deer this year at a range of 20 yards, with a .243 and the 95 NBT.
Complete penetration, usually at that range the TTSX and TSX are the only ones I've used that will do that.
Very accurate.
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An 80 grain TTSX can be made to smoke out of a vanilla 243 using good old IMR 4064.
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95 grain NBT and RL22 are your best friends. killed a pile of critters with this combo including elk
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Good bullets, won't matter which one you use. Imr4350, varget, and imr4064 are good ones to try first. Bump the lands and rock on. My experience as well. I've killed deer with 100 SGKs, 95 NPTs 85 NPTs, 85 TSXs and 95 NBTs. They all worked great over the powders mjbgalt mentions. I would add that VV N160 has also given me good results for accuracy in my rifles. The 95 NBTs over IMR4064 are my favorite as they are most accurate, but are hard to find for me. I'm out right now and thinking about trying the Combined Technology 95.
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85g TSX is crazy wicked. I'm pushing them at almost 3,500 FPS out of my .243AI. 3,250+ should be easy out of a vanilla .243, which is still smokin'.
Here's one I recovered on a near full-length body shot at a distance ...
If I recall, this bullet weighed about 84.2g after impact/expansion. Traveled over 24" through the deer as well. I get right at 3230 out of my 24" vanilla .243 and have yet to recover one, even with breaking shoulders on deer. Stuff dies.
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95 grain Ballistic Tips and 4350 powder are pure poison on deer. ^^^^^^ This.
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H414 and 85 TSXs don't suck, either.
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I've recovered a hand full of 95gr. NBTs. They work well on deer sized game, a better coyote bullet has never been made.
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I have heard on this board the 95 NBT is a tough deer bullet. My daughter shot two with the 100gr Hornady interlock and it worked just fine.
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Ive got 85 grain Sierra BTHP Gamekngs loaded up. I hope to kill a javelina or two with it this year.
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One of the kids that lives in my house has shot all his deer with a .243 Win, hornady interlocks in 100gr, and none of them have gone more than 30 yards. Most have dropped at the shot.
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One of the kids that lives in my nose Tiny kids, or huge nose?
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