Waiting for the 243 to arrive.
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HeathSexton
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I am a fan of the 243 Win. 105 Hornady HPBT, 80 TTSX and 80 GMX, and 87 Vmax here.
6mm Remington
Ammo Smith
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One of those should work just perfectly!! Nice choices.
DrMike
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Very impressive choice of projectiles. I don't doubt that one of those will work exceptionally well.
Oldtrader3
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I have loaded all of the Nosler weight that you have listed and all of them shot great. Good luck with that.
Alderman,
Not to tell you your business but that's too many choices for me at one range session.
I pick one bullet and try it first with various powder charges, usually 0.5 grain increments. After wearing out that one bullet I move to another one after I have confirmed that the bullet will, or won't, shoot in my rifle to the standard I'm looking for.
After trying a certain bullet I'll try a different powder.
I'm just a simple guy that gets confused easily.
Vince
Not to tell you your business but that's too many choices for me at one range session.
I pick one bullet and try it first with various powder charges, usually 0.5 grain increments. After wearing out that one bullet I move to another one after I have confirmed that the bullet will, or won't, shoot in my rifle to the standard I'm looking for.
After trying a certain bullet I'll try a different powder.
I'm just a simple guy that gets confused easily.
Vince
wisconsinteacher
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My X-Bolt is really liking the 85gr Partition. Very light in recoil and under 1 MOA out of the gate. I am very impressed.
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filmjunkie4ever
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What model of rifle did you end up going with Alderman?
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HeathSexton
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Alderman":1djncx70 said:
That should be a dandy, good choice.
filmjunkie4ever
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Those Hawkeye's are good rifles. I have a blued/walnut version sitting in the seat of my truck in .22-250 that I keep around for vermin. That should be a fine rifle for all weather activities and the .243 is a good all-purpose caliber for most anything.
Almost as good as my .25-06...
Adjectives like 'good' or 'best' are relative. Period
Almost as good as my .25-06...
Adjectives like 'good' or 'best' are relative. Period
