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If one cranked the velocity up to 3,500 fps with 85 gr. .243 bullets, as in the .240 Wby, wouldn't that change the equation regarding bullet selection? Wouldn't hyper-velocity favor going with the Interbond rather than the Interlock or SST? Velocity has a lot to do with how bullets perform and I'm a bit concerned with cup and core bullets at that speed. So far my most accurate load is with the 85 gr. TSX, the 85 gr. Interbond close behind, both at 3,500 fps. It seems to me that either would impart a lot of shock without blowing up.
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Methinks you are right.....currently shooting a 80TTSX @ 3450 cuz I know it will stay together at that speed...shot some deer with a Speer 85 grainer @3400 and it killed them, but wasnt stellar bullet performance..... Besides that..I just like messin' with stuff!! 
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Besides that..I just like messin' with stuff!! Me, too, ingwe. It must be some sorta disease process... I think about this stuff way too much. On the other hand, maybe that's what's keeping me at least partially sane... My story and I'm sticking to it... DF
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Its what is keeping my local sporting goods retailers in business....
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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What's keeping my local sporting goods retailers in business is the retarded markups on reloading supplies. I refuse to pay $35 for a pound of RL-15! LOL....
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Yup. .243+100Interlocked+4350= Deer deader than snot.
Steve
"God Loves Each Of Us As If There Were Only One Of Us"
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Yup. .243+100Interlocked+4350= Deer deader than snot. I've got the 95 gr. Bal Tip version of that working, per your recommendation. A new 243 needs blooding this fall.
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Well, I'll be using them, but it will be with whatever Hornaday loads them with. I hope to shoot it within a couple weekends. November pics to follow. 
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I started using 100 gr 243 dia bullets back in the late 80's,when I bought a Ruger 77 in 6mm.They have always worked well for me,when I have hunted with a 243 dia rifle.
This year I am going to use a 243 again for the first time in quite awhile.I came across a box of 95 gr ballistic tips,and will be using them up for now,but when I run out,it will be hornady I get next.
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My then 8 year old loved his .243 100 grain Hornadys, on his first deer. Now thats all he wants in his rifle won't even look at factory ammo.
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I have used them in 2 different 6mm's with very good success. At the ranges you mentoned they should work fine.
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