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Considering the same twist in a 243. I want to paper punch and shoot steel out to 600 with 105-107 grain pills but use 85-100 grain bullets during deer season. This will serve as a coyote slayer to 500 then for deer and hogs. I really like the idea of A-maxs and VLDs for steel so I am on the right track with the 8 twist? Could a 7 be too much of a good thing?

Go 8" you'll be on the right track!

No need to run anything tighter than 1:8 for the AMAX/VLD/SMK.

We killed a lot of large bucks in Nebraska and Kansas with the std loads of 43.0g of IMR 4350 with the 95g Partition and you will always get an exit, and at times, two exits. You can shoot them from any angle with this bullet.

More recently, we shot a lot of deer and hogs with the 100g Hornady 100g BTSP with a load of 42.3g of H4350 with a Win primer. This Hornady Bullet is a poor man's partition bullet as we proved on numverous hogs. We dumped 200+lb deer at 300-350 yards with a std Rem 700 with the above load.

We also tried the 85g Tripple shock with a load of 44.5g of R#19 with a Win primer and it is awesome on deer for guys that like shooting deer from front to rear or vise a versa with always an exit.

243 is a whale of a good killer, just place your shot or don't pull the trigger.

I never tried the 95g Nosler ballistic tip and with all the + feedback you read on this combo, it is no doubt a good killer. I and friends that I hunt with have taken so much game with the 95g partions, I swear that it is as good as any 30/06 load that I have shot on deer.

Animals are not hard to kill, just place your shot. For guys that love a blood trail, then the 95g partition with the load above is your huckleberry.

Around 1991, I was able to obtain a bunch of over lapped three groove SS Match barrels from a maker for free. I was curious as to how long they would hold up if they would shoot tight groups at all. So, I had two of them chambered in 6/250 AI as they were 1-11 twists, 30" unturned blanks. They shot very tiny groups with 70g Noslers at 3750 fps, they lasted 2000 rounds each of some of the hardest shooting you could imagine on p. dog towns where a guy dumps out a box of 50 loaded rounds and fires as fast as he can acquire targets and touch off a round.

At least with a 1-8 twist, you are politically correct on the internet, especially if you have a 22" barrel.