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What? Everyone know’s that you can no longer use a 243/ 6mm rem for anything! 6 Mm Crap more is the way to go!!!! 😁😁😁😁😁


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Dang Lapua, you are gonna be busy!


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We shot the Tikka today. 3 different loads. 80&100 Winchester plain Jane loads and Nosler 90 grain factory loads. 2 were order an inch for 3 shots. The 100 grain load should have been under an inch but one shot got pulled. 21 degrees and kinda windy.

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Originally Posted by viking
We shot the Tikka today. 3 different loads. 80&100 Winchester plain Jane loads and Nosler 90 grain factory loads. 2 were order an inch for 3 shots. The 100 grain load should have been under an inch but one shot got pulled. 21 degrees and kinda windy.



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My son has been shooting 100 gr sierra pro hunters last few years and been working great on deer.

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My wife’s 243 dotes on the 95gr Federal Fuzion load. She’s too lazy to handload 😂

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My boys killed a bunch of deer with 100 grain corelokt

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Originally Posted by BeardHunter
My wife’s 243 dotes on the 95gr Federal Fuzion load. She’s too lazy to handload 😂


I took a box out with me and shot well under an inch at 100yds. If I didn't load my own stuff, I'd certainly use it as well!

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You want to use one bullet for coyotes and deer?



Sierra 85 gr GameKing will work for both, I haven't shot a lot of coyotes with it but the few I have died right there with minimal hide damage, and it sure as heck is a good deer bullet.

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^^^THIS^^^................I have loaded the 85 grain Sierra HPBT for the 243 for many years, and have never owned a 243 rifle that did not shoot this bullet extremely well. I don't consider it to the "ideal" bullet for deer, but I've seen too many killed with to say it won't work, because it will very well. I've also killed a number of coyotes with it, and it's one of the best coyote bullets to be had.

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95gr BT is my favorite bullet in my 243. It just straight up works.

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Originally Posted by hanco
I load the 80 TTSX for grandkids and my 99’s. The grandkids haven’t lost an animal yet. I’ve killed a few pigs with 99’s. DRT. I would consider the TTSX




A Savage 99 in 243 is not plain Jane, 😂 you got a classic right there. Good job old man.

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Originally Posted by longshot3
Originally Posted by BeardHunter
My wife’s 243 dotes on the 95gr Federal Fuzion load. She’s too lazy to handload 😂


I took a box out with me and shot well under an inch at 100yds. If I didn't load my own stuff, I'd certainly use it as well!



I have yet to find, or make, a more accurate load in that particular gun or a picky early Kimber Montana

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85gn TSX and 45gn Ramshot Hunter will run ~3175-3200fps from a 22" 1:10" bbl. This load shoots very well for me in a Kimber MT, Win SS Classic Fwt (x3 between me and couple friends), M70 Classic Compact, Rem 700 Mt Rifle, at least 1 Savage 110, and a friend's Wby Vanguard. This is about 1gn under Westrn Powder's published max of 45.9gn for the 85 TSX.

I have carried that Kimber MT as a "truck gun" of and on for over a decade and I have excellent results on white-tailed deer and coyotes (doesn't rip hides to shreds, just nice in/out). Friend and his kids have used this load on several fairly large Mule Deer as well.

Good friend has excellent accuracy results from 80gn TTSX and H4350 @ ~3300fps. I wouldn't hesitate a bit to run that combo either.

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100 grain Hornady Interlock works well. Remington Core-lokt ultra bonds (if you can find them) also work very well. .

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The 6mm is a fine deer rifle, whether it be a 6x45, 6x47, 6mm Bullberry ( 6/30-30 Imp) 243, 6mm Rem, 240W...wicked killers that "I personally found" really needed to be used "surgically" they say, for best results. Same with the hot .22s, ask any Texas rifleman/Hunter. Now, I have personally seen what an 85 xbt going 2900fps ( .243 short barrel speeds) from a 6mm/222Mag did on 2 Axis and a Scimitar Horned Oryx. (plus 2 jackrabbits :)) I had to use that rifle because I was still recovering from a neck fusion. The axis were 80yds and 125 yds, and the Oryx was 184 yds. Complete penetration on one axis, and the first shot on the Oryx ( base of neck) the 2nd from 75yds ( insurance shot) went up through chest/heart/broke the spine/lodged right there.

Here in Utah, many just use factory Fusion ( 95) and 100gr (Rem/Fed blue box/Hornady) I met two brothers back in the late 90s that used the 100x in their 243s for elk every year!. Fine little round. For a Rifleman, and easier for other beginners to "learn to be Riflemen", just teach them where to hit their game. Have a ball pard!

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