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New to the 243, would either of the above mentioned bullets be better than the other for pronghorn?

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Keep them both around 2600 fps and you should be fine with either one.

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Originally Posted by Bobcat85
Keep them both around 2600 fps and you should be fine with either one.


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Both have been good on deer and pigs at full 243 speeds for me and my camp mates.

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The 95 ballistic tip is the superior bullet. Shoot it as fast as you want... up to 3200fps. NO experience past that. It was designed by a Nosler rep for elk. powdr

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Nosler 95. The 243 can’t destroy it. Load it and the 90 BT. On SC deer it has been extremely effective. First bullets I try in a rifle for hunting.

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The 95 gr BT has a VERY thick shank. So much that it almost acts like a ballistic tipped partition on game. If I had to choose between your offerings I would even think about the SST for a split second.


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Thanks fellers, I have always "heard" the 95 gr BT was a tough little sob.

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I don't think either will give you issues, but like others have said and in my experience the 95 BT is a fine deer bullet and lopes would fall in the same category.

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Gents,
Does that Nosler 95Grain Ballistic Tip work in a 1 in 10 twist .243?
I've got a Ruger No1a with a 22" barrel that I need to find a deer bullet for.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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I have a Tikka 6/284 & a 243 both twisted 1-10, also a Rem 243 AI twisted 1-9, use 95gr NBT stoked with H-4831sc in all of them, kills big deer & antelope near and far, easily to 400yds.

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Originally Posted by Soup
Gents,
Does that Nosler 95Grain Ballistic Tip work in a 1 in 10 twist .243?
I've got a Ruger No1a with a 22" barrel that I need to find a deer bullet for.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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Originally Posted by Soup
Gents,
Does that Nosler 95Grain Ballistic Tip work in a 1 in 10 twist .243?
I've got a Ruger No1a with a 22" barrel that I need to find a deer bullet for.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Semper Fi
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All day long. And Semper Fi back at you.

While the 95 BT isn’t the slickest bullet ever it is a GREAT deer bullet and the peer of anything Partition in the same weight. Usually silly accurate as well.


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If I had to choose between just those two bullets I would go with the nosler. If I could choose any bullet as just an all around good bullet for a 243 I'd go with a 100 grain soft point like an interlock or a Sierra but that's just me.

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95 gr nbt or 95 gr npt can't go wrong with either on deer or South Dakota antelope. I don't know how tough the antelope are in north carolina but they can't be the same ones we have in dakota..mb

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The 95 gr. Nosler Ballistic Tip will always be my choice in the .243. I killed a nice whitetail buck with one last season, high shoulder and DRT. IMO, anyone with complaints about BT’s haven’t shot any in a long, long time.


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Anyone have any experience with the 90 grain NBT?


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