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Just wondering what's the lastest and greatest that works well on whitetail. Got a new M18 243 and everything I've tried so far shoots sub moa @ 100y. Hornady 100gr interlock, 95sst, Rem 100gr cor-lokt, Peters 95gr btp, this rifle just flat out shoots. Thought about trying Barnes 80gr tsx but really don't know if i need to look any further. Let's hear what you 243 fans like 👍

winchester 80gr's give em a try

I've never shot a deer with a .243. I have one now and sighted it with the cheapest ammo I could find. It happened to be the .243 Win Power Point 100gr bullet. They shot 1/2" at 100 yds. My first try on the reloads were not that much different.

100gr Remington Corelokt. I also load the 100gr Corelokts.

From 0-500+ yds, the WW 95 Ballistic Silvertip is a top choice.

0-300, perhaps a bit more, the Barnes/Vortex 80 TTSX..just runs out of steam faster, and needs more speed to open well being a mono.

Many others work......Factory Rem Corelokts clocked surprisingly slow in my gun........

Hornady 95grain SSTs knocks whitetails pretty dead, in my experience.

Good, they shot really well, 3 shot 3/8" at a 100. I also have some Remington accutips but don't know the weight or anything about them. My nephew was using years ago and killed his first buck with an accutip.

Here's my first 3 shots with some old core-lokts i had laying around, i was surprised.

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It's my current go to.

Have shot them with about every factory "big game" variant, & they all worked.

Federal Premium 100 gr Nosler Partition. Never gone over 3/4" for 5 at 100 yds from a WBY Ultralight. Had planned on loading for it, but there's just no point.

I wouldn't hesitate to use a core-lokt. Especially if it groups like that.

Don't be afraid to give the Federal Fusion a try either. It's usually my "go-to" for anything new. But in the case of this .243 I have, the loads were already worked up. I just wanted something cheap to sight it in with.

Yep, sage advice, it's my number 2 choice. Always have some on hand.

The Remington 100 gr CL is really a good bullet. Don’t underestimate it
GreggH

100 gr Remington Core Lokt has felled a sh*t ton of deer in our hunting camps. Fusion is a solid killer as well.

Federal Blue Box 100 grain SPs and Federal Fusion 95 grain. Pure aresenic on whitetails.

My wife likes Nosler 90 grain Etips!

100gr Win PP’s

People actually have favorite factory rounds? If true, why the snarf isn't more reloading components available............?

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