CB answer this for me !!!

[skyhightree1]

Cb I am wondering should I use a 90 grain bullet for my .243 or 100 grain is there a big difference in how the 2 shoot ? I wouldn't think so... I doubt I will be taking any shots over 150yds

 

[HOSS]

Sky,

I'm not CB but I do reload and use both weights. On Virginia sized deer you will not notice a difference between the two. If you step up to larger mid-western deer you would want to choose a premium 100 grainer due to a noticeable difference in muscle, weight and bone of the bigger whitetails. The .243 is an excellent choice for deer. Shoot the 90's and don't worry about a thing. Bullet placement is a bigger factor than size or weight (until you step up to bigger tougher game and then weight, size and bullet construction begin to become more of a factor for optimum terminal performance).

 

[Caustic Burno]

Sky,

I'm not CB but I do reload and use both weights. On Virginia sized deer you will not notice a difference between the two. If you step up to larger mid-western deer you would want to choose a premium 100 grainer due to a noticeable difference in muscle, weight and bone of the bigger whitetails. The .243 is an excellent choice for deer. Shoot the 90's and don't worry about a thing. Bullet placement is a bigger factor than size or weight (until you step up to bigger tougher game and then weight, size and bullet construction begin to become more of a factor for optimum terminal performance).

I agree with Hoss for what your doing.
We could get into how each bullet weight perform's differently out of each barrel depending on rate of twist and length. Just because a bullet weight is made doesn't mean it perform well in your rifle.

 

[greybeard]

Sky,

Bullet placement is a bigger factor than size or weight .

Yep, size and weight don't matter if ya miss..

 

[Brute 23]

I will add... Try both and see what the gun likes. I love me a good .243 :)

 

[skyhightree1]

Thanks everyone I can't well ... I am not supposed to be using them for deer where I live lol I hunt in the mountains sometimes and may take it up there to hunt with sometime but mostly wanted to test it out on some groundhogs. Good point Brute. I have never owned a .243 closest thing I have to that now is a .270 and someone said they both are truly flat shooting guns.

 

[denvermartinfarms]

100's seem to shoot better in most all my 243's.

 

[skyhightree1]

I bought 3 boxes of the 90's figuring the lighter bullet would be flatter longer and they were $3.00 cheaper than the 100 grain.

 

[dun]

Makw sure the bullet is constructed for what you're planning on shooting with it. A bullte heavily enoungh constructed to hunt deer is too heavily constructed to ethicly hunt varmints and vice versa.

 

[skyhightree1]

I just plan on keeping it in my truck sometimes to pop a groundhog every once in a while it will get more time in my safe probably... I havent even put the bolt in the gun yet its still in box lol

 

[Caustic Burno]

Thanks everyone I can't well ... I am not supposed to be using them for deer where I live lol I hunt in the mountains sometimes and may take it up there to hunt with sometime but mostly wanted to test it out on some groundhogs. Good point Brute. I have never owned a .243 closest thing I have to that now is a .270 and someone said they both are truly flat shooting guns.

243 is based a 308 brass for short action 270 off 30-076 brass.

 

[HOSS]

I bought 3 boxes of the 90's figuring the lighter bullet would be flatter longer and they were $3.00 cheaper than the 100 grain.

The 90 grainers only give you a 1.5" advantage in drop at 300 yards. At your estimated 150 yard range both have equal drop. When you get to 200 yards there is only a .2" difference and at 250 a .9" difference. Allot of factory ammo manufacturers use a 90 gr Nosler bullet so I doubt you will see much difference in performance between the two. If you intend to shoot field mice at 300 yards the 1.5" might make a difference :mrgreen: I shoot the 90 gr. Noslers and have found them to be deadly on deer and coyotes alike. Might be a bit heavy for groundhogs but will still kill them grave yard dead. I prefer the 75 gr. V-Max or the 70 gr. Sierra HP's on them. For 3.00 per box differential I would buy the 90 grainers myself. At the end of the day you need to match the bullet with the game and shoot one your rifle likes. You should have no problems getting 80 to 100 grain bullets to shoot well in your rifle. Most .243's that I have shot will easily digest a variety of bullet weights, styles and manufacturers. Good luck and have fun.

 

[skyhightree1]

Thanks Hoss... Did I forget to mention I plan on lighting matches 300 yds away like they did on the beverly hillbillies so I guess I need to stick with the 90grain bullets lol

 

[Caustic Burno]

I bought 3 boxes of the 90's figuring the lighter bullet would be flatter longer and they were $3.00 cheaper than the 100 grain.

The 90 grainers only give you a 1.5" advantage in drop at 300 yards. At your estimated 150 yard range both have equal drop. When you get to 200 yards there is only a .2" difference and at 250 a .9" difference. Allot of factory ammo manufacturers use a 90 gr Nosler bullet so I doubt you will see much difference in performance between the two. If you intend to shoot field mice at 300 yards the 1.5" might make a difference :mrgreen: I shoot the 90 gr. Noslers and have found them to be deadly on deer and coyotes alike. Might be a bit heavy for groundhogs but will still kill them grave yard dead. I prefer the 75 gr. V-Max or the 70 gr. Sierra HP's on them. For 3.00 per box differential I would buy the 90 grainers myself. At the end of the day you need to match the bullet with the game and shoot one your rifle likes. You should have no problems getting 80 to 100 grain bullets to shoot well in your rifle. Most .243's that I have shot will easily digest a variety of bullet weights, styles and manufacturers. Good luck and have fun.

The one your rifle likes makes a huge difference in some and not so much in other's.
My Mini 14 love's 62 gain bullet versus the 55 grain. I wouldn't want somebody shooting at me with either.
The 55 grain is in a couple inch spread at 100 yard's the 62 grain's are on top of each other.

 

[skyhightree1]

Good point about what the rifle likes but my rifle better like federals cause thats all the bullets i could find out of 9 stores lol

 

[denvermartinfarms]

Good point about what the rifle likes but my rifle better like federals cause thats all the bullets i could find out of 9 stores lol

I bet they work fine, I have always liked federals myself, ammunition that is.

 

[skyhightree1]

They probably will.. I have always used remington rifle rounds for centerfire rifles and federal for my .22's.

 

[denvermartinfarms]

The ford year I when deer hunting with my dad when I was 4. We had a nice 11 pointer come by, he pulled the trigger, nothing ran another shell in nothing, deer ran off, and only 2 shells out of a new box of Remington 30-06's fired. All had powder but no primers. That kinda ended us on Remington, until a few years ago we started buying some again, I figure we had to have had one of very few boxes that were ever bad.

 

[skyhightree1]

Yea yall had some bad luck I have never had that happen. I havent shot a deer with a rifle in some years.