. 243 Win. Pros and Cons. 95 Grains of Versatility. 

Awesome . My favorite caliber. Iv used the 243 for 30+ years. I use a 80gr barnes ttsx and Rl 19 powder. It's a hammer on deer, and I live in Saskatchewan , Canada. Even moose have been shot with this load.

Great job Dave! I enjoy seeing how other people set up their reloading bench & reload!! I pick up on new ideas to better my reloading, Thanks Dave!!!

Looking good. Thanks for sharing!

Great Scott ! David your 243 is becoming your new found Friend. Keep up the Great Shooting.

I've driven 75gr V-Max bullets up to 3,602 ft/s (mach 3.2) out of my Remington 783 varminter, with a 26 inch barrel. The bullet produced 2,160 ft-lbs of energy, which makes a great coyote round👍

Absolutely great information!!

Great video very impressed with the last loads

Dave. Another good and interesting video. Looks like you are about set for hunting with some pretty hot rounds, that should do the job. Thanks for sharing and take care.

Great job Dave! This weekend I'm testing some new loads and bullets in my kiddos 243win. And starting brand New load data for my wife's 6.5PRC. I am starting to Run low on primers, so I hope it comes together and I'm able to achieve the velocities I'm aiming for.

My personal favourite bullet in my handloads is the Speer 85 gr SPBT. I have had great success on large whitetails out to 340 yards. Using IMR 4831 powder. This load works for coyotes as well. This is my “all purpose” field load. Thanks for the video.

Fantastic information Thank you, T

There’s no doubt you have a great shooting rifle that will provide great on game performance. The only big game animal I’ve killed with a 243 was a pronghorn doe and I used 95 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips. I predominantly use my 243 for varmit control on my uncle’s ranch, but use the same load I killed the pronghorn with since it shoots very well. God bless and best of luck in the field.

Nice details, thanks.

I also liked the transition from reloading bench to field. And it is neat to see what different powders and bullet styles can do. The first round of shots? That's a bunch of dead deer, or rock chucks.

My little 243 savage Loves the 100 grainers. Good shooting

Love this vid .. thank you

The magneto-speed on the end of your barrel will change point of impact as it changes the harmonics.

Afternoon Dave! Good ta see ya last nite!

For me, 7mm08 is a better choice for any purpose. It shoots fairly flat but hits harder and has a better range of bullet weights. A highly underrated cartridge in the US.

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Good work

Thank you 😊

Found the answer down below,I see the the Remington 700 SPS Varmint is a 26 inch heavy barrel in a 8 twist can see alot of potential in that

100gr Speer GrandSlam, my 19th elk last year absolutely beauty of a round. Shot a cow elk at 432 yards last year, left a 3 inch exit hole out the far side. Devistating little pill.

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my favorite load that suits my very old and well used ruger m77 is 43.5 grains of IMR 4350 105 grain speer spitzer bullet no signs of high pressure and a deer dropping machine also uses a magnum primer with this load

.243 rocks! Good Stuff, Strohmeyer! Send your BIL a nice card! That’s one heck of a Cloverleaf producing rifle! What’ll you take for it!😊

I had good results from the 95gr Nosler ballistic tip using AR2208 and AR2209 powders, also the sierra 85gr BTHPs worked well too with the AR2208 powder. I have tried many different types of projectiles and weights but I think the 95gn was the best for me, the largest game taken was a 100KG pig with a shoulder shot using the ballistic tip, it smashed both shoulder joints and minced the heat and lungs.

WW 780 was a vg powder. I used it in my Stevens 200 .243 with 105 Amax. Just shy of max, Lapua brass, 210m's would get avg.3015 fps. Used a few of these rifles for groundhog matches out to 500m. Love the .243 and 25-06 because most dont. If both would have started life with 8 twist, we might not have a few of these newer bandwagon cartridges.

My Old Remington model Seven likes the 100gr jacketed soft point bullets.

Like always excellent video professional shooting,one question your chronograph isn’t to much in the gun because from your angle video looks like there is a little line you should not cross but looks it works good.Good job God bless

I hand load 95 grain beger classic Hunter for a friend's Mossberg 243 win 10 deer shot in 3 years All recovered Distance after the shot from 0 to 75 yards Hybrid v 100 powder

Good shooting.

I have a suspicion that Staball HD is reformulated 780. You might try it when you run out of 780. Several of the all copper 243 loadings would have sufficient expansion velocity at 300 yards, although a bit lower in sectional density than the 95 and 100 grain traditional bullets, they have similar length.

I have killed many large white tails with the 95g partition, close to max load of IMR 4831, Rem 9 1/2 primer. In my family, the 100g Hornady BTSP and fast base are just supurb for hogs/deer. I also love the Speer 85g BTSP and 90g Hot core which are deer bullets, not varmint bullets. Two years ago, we found that R#26 with cci 250 primer, 100g Hornady at 3150 fps is very, very accurate.

Unless your competition shooting with a factory rifle every other day the average hunter/handloader/shooter will never burn out a factory barrel beyond acceptable accuracy, poor cleaning and fouling will take over before a burned out barrel

Love 243

Case stretch can be minimized by partial or neck sizing. Been using a 100gr bullet with IMR 4350 for close to 40 years. Never saw a reason to change it.

The best one with SST group what load of powder 😮

Not sure if you said or not,but what is the twist of that barrel?

You can shoot. 👌👌

The two major factors in case stretching are 1: setting the shoulder back too far during resizing. 2: pulling the expander bar up from inside of the case after the neck has been sized down. Using a neck expander that is pushed from the top down after the neck has been sized will go a very long way to stop case stretching. Most shooters who shoot steep shoulder cases are already doing this so they think that it is the neck angle that is causing the case to not stretch. Saying the angle of the shoulder is what controls case stretching is a religious belief, not a fact, and has never been proven by anyone by actual experiment. Here's one experiment you can do. Measure the case before you resize it. Measure how much the case length grows by resizing it without the expander ball being pulled through from the bottom , and then measure some cases, with the expander ball being pulled through from the bottom. You can take your resizing die and readjust it after the case is sized and use the expander ball just to expand the neck being pushed down from the top if you don't have a dedicated neck expander. Remove the expander ball to resize before pushing it through the sized neck from the top. You will then see one of the major causes of case stretching.

I like slower powder in the 243. From hybrid v 100 to h1000 Depending on 95 to 115 grain bullets

I've just started shooting the 243 in the Tikka t3x lite stainless it likes the Winchester deer season xp 95 grain ammo....I've got some other ammo to try out but I'm waiting on warmer weather

Good shooting! What is the rate of twist on your rifle barrel?

Barnes 80gr TTSX at 3400fps 👍😊

85 gr. Sierra hp gameking makes a good all-around bullet.

That's some good shooting there I think you found what you're looking for. I reload for my 243 and I'm getting high 27 low 28 ft per seconds I forget what powder I'm using though but I'm shooting deer in my backyard a 50-yard so it will work for me.

The ONLY Nosler bullet that I could get to shoot well out of any of my rifles with any kind of accuracy was the 39532, 6mm, 70 gr Balistic Tip Varmint bullets. Yes, those were from my Tikka T3X in .243 Win. BTW, I'm having excellent results with the Hammer Bullets 88 gr Shock Hammer #24088SH, CCI 250 LRMP, and IMR4895 for 3243 fps and 1/2" group @ 100 yds. No game taken yet. Good luck and stay safe!!! 😉😉😉

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I would have thought the Superformance powder would have been faster

I will never use 780 Supreme again. I was using it for a. 270 win load and it eroded the throat and the beginning of the lands very quickly, around 50 rds the barrels were ruined. It was a very accurate powder and load, but it wasn't worth ruining two rifles. If I were you I wouldn't use it. That's probably why they discontinued it.

9:35 Sweet is right 👍

Been currious about barell life of the 243 Having doubts of getting a Bergara B14 in 243 or 270? People keep telling me they are unaccurate short life barrells and here I am asking questions cuz I really like the 243 and 270

I shoot SST's in my .308 because they blow up quick in my slow .308. I wouldn't try them in 243. An 80-90 bonded should do it.

G’day, I’m currently tossing up whether to get a .243 as an “all rounder” or a .223 and .308. Im located in Central Queensland Australia hunting pigs, kangaroos and small deer. I was a bit concerned about the barrel life of the .243 and I was just chasing your recommendation. Cheers

What twist are you shooting and barrel length

What Rifle are you using?

90 grain or lighter with Remington factory twist barrels. The 100 grain loads people shoot in those are normally flat base and the shortest 100 grain bullets made. Even then they are marginally stable and you get random wobblers. I killed a gigantic overly large 8-point whitetail last fall with 85 grain speer loaded at 3500 fps with sta ball in a 1in8 twist 26 in stainless shillen barrel. He took two steps and was down. I have tried 105 grain Berger and lost 2 big ten point whitetail. I will not be using those ever again never. Speer hot core , all copper, bonded are the best. I have actually shot several deer with the 85 grain btsp. With good success.. the one last fall was little over 300 yards across the Bean field.

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243 58gr. 380 powder 3950 fps. Hit deer in head 200yrds. Tko.

Try trimming all the brass to exactly the same length and see if it makes a difference on target

Ethical hunting dictates shooting at a range of 300 yds or less. So I download the 87gn SST to 2800fps and all that energy is spent inside the animal and the bullet expands without breaking up. 3800fps is madness. No wonder its stretching the brass. A shoulder shot smashes the bones and the bone fragments do most of the damage. The idea of hydrostatic shock is a myth.

Will a 243 kill a cow elk?

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Pros with my 243 is giving them deer a facial, cons.... not everyone appreciates the pictures

The grip makes it impossible for a left handed person to shoot the gun. I hate guns designed like that.

SSts are devestating on deer in a 7mm08, or 3006. But a 243 is not a deer rifle. Its a varmit gun, no wonder deer run off when shot with 243s.

Years since I shot one of these. I seem to remember a 105 g factory load that was an excellent penetrator on thin skin game at long range (350 y). No recoil , shot flat . Nice. If you're having to trim every time you ARE overloading