The Redhead has been using 243 Hornady 100 grain boat tails for going on 39 years with great success.
It blows me away that folks are referring to rifles that are shooting an inch or under as "ok"
It blows me away that folks are referring to rifles that are shooting an inch or under as "ok"
Our 243 also likes the Winchester power points as well and they are a nice deer bullet. The federal fusion 95 grain tipped a couple of deer over for our daughter . The power points shoot a bit under an inch we didn't actually check the fusions on paper just smoked a beer can at a hundred yards.(like the old days ?)I've owned a 243 for 12 years now and killed alot of deer with them including my biggest deer so far. I've killed deer from 20 yards to 280 yards via rangefinder with one. Corelokts, power points, partitions, ttsx, Hornady interlocs have all killed deer. The Winchester power points were impressive out of my 243's and did the best. Very rarely have I had deer run off out of sight with most just crumbling where they stood at. I'd take a 243 over a big magnum about any day for deer.
especially at 700 yards from a benchPie plate is good but a milk jug full of water is more fun for offhand sighting in...