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Has anyone shot the 243, What weight bullets have you successfully used so far?
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Bought one with the 21" barrel I hunt in a lead free zone so first thing I tried was Federal Power-Shok Ammunition 243 Winchester 85 Grain Copper Hollow Point Lead-Free. It shoots close to 1" at 100 yards found it on sell for 16.99 a box at mass ammo so I ordered 6 boxes. Once that is gone I will start reloading.
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I would PM David Walter FTW....
He's supposed to have bought one, but I haven't seen any good, public field reports from him yet.
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Did he join a Barbershop quartet?
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Didn’t Mule Deer do an article on one?
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I bought the one Mule Deer wrote the article about. 40 gr of RL17 under a 105 Hornady BTHP, CCI 200 and Winchester brass shoots right at 3/4" at 100 yards. John's data is below.
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To be clear, you bought an identical rifle, or the one he tested? I thought he kinda liked it.
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I bought THE rifle he wrote about from him.
Although I’m not sure why that matters in answering the OP’s question.
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It doesn't, but now I know you own a "celebrity" gun.
I was hoping to find out how the 1/7 twist stabilized the longer heavier bullets and if anyone had tried the 105 Barnes in it. The table above says it should do fine. Thanks
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I bought THE rifle he wrote about from him.
Although I’m not sure why that matters in answering the OP’s question. It doesn't. Just curious. I thought maybe he was going to hang on to it. They do own a couple Melvins, so maybe they're spoiled. Anyway, enjoy.
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If I didn't already have 500+ of the Hornady 105s, I'd probably give the 115 Berger a try.
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