ann brezinski
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any one useing this round for deer.looking for imfo on this .a buddy is thinking of building one.
243 ackly
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adam32+P
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Yup. Many a deer. 105gr Berger at 3250fps puts a hurting on deer.
Same here. Numerous antelope, whitetails, and mule deer out to 600-yards with the 105 Berger VLD at 3210 fps. All animals DRT or within a few yards.
ann brezinski
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can you descibe your rifles.my buddy is leanimg toward a numer 3 24 inch barrel on a 700 short action...
Just stay with a .243 win!
adam32+P
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Or as much as I hate to say it...a 6mm Creed.
My 243 Ackley is a Stiller Precision Predator Action with a 26" #5 Contour Lila fluted barrel and McMillan stock. There are a lot of options out there in the 6mm category now compared to when I built mine. However, it is hard to beat the performance of the Ackley and you have a lot of options for making brass if needed. One added bonus is you can always shoot factory .243 ammo in a pinch. My fire form loads are super accurate and have been used on a lot of prairie dogs. I have 6 or 7 reloads on Lapua Brass and have never had to even trim.
I would go 6 creed if starting from scratch. Fireforming is not great, especially these days of limited components. 6mm creedmoor is a superior design.
adam32+P
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Here goes
Another thread is gonna get raided by the Creedmor crowd
A 6mm Creed isn't a 6.5 and shouldn't be lumped in with the ManBun cartridge.
Lol
I'm sorry
Hehehe
Yes, I actually think 6mm is where that case gets useful and even more so, the 22 Creedmor
A lot can be learned while fire forming that works towards load development and not to mention, barrel break in. Which is considered 100 rounds.
That's a lot of brass. That much Lapua brass would be last a long time all for the cost of way less than a pound of powder and a sleeve of primers.
I'm not a creedmoor guy, if I didn't already shoot a 243 and I was going to build a 6mm the creedmoor is pretty much a no brainer. I built a 8 twist 243 in 2007 and it has been my most used rifle for deer, antelope, and coyotes ever since. After about 1300 rounds through it, I recently decided it was time to have another one put together. I hired J. Ackerman in Dickinson to build one as close to the original 2007 rifle as I could get. They are both 8 twist 243's built on sako L579 actions. I really like how the stocks fit me on these so purchasing an after market stock isn't needed. The magazine box on a 243 is a little short for heavy bullets, that's why I say a 6 creedmoor would be better if starting from scratch. I've had enough problems with ackley cartridges not feeding to realize that I don't need anything more to do with them(6mm Remington ackley excluded) and loosing ackley brass when shooting at coyotes sucks.
