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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!!!! 😁😁😁😁😁

You bet!

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.

Nice!

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

Lou

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

My boys killed a bunch of deer with 100 grain corelokt

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!

^^^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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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!