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Can light weight and long range go together?
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<blockquote data-quote="ShootnMathews" data-source="post: 1162366" data-attributes="member: 59915"><p>A 8 - 8.5 lb med range 243 is certainly doable. One of my favorite hunting guns is a Marlin XS7 in 243 Win. It has a pencil thin 1:10 twist 20" button rifled factory barrel. It will not stabilize 95 grain vld bullets but it shoots 95 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips at 1/2 moa at 2886 fps. I have not shot it at 600 yards but I have shot it A LOT at 500 yards.2" - 2.5" 3 shot groups at 500 yards. I've shot 10 shot groups of 3.5" at 500 yards while walking around, laid prone and take a shot, wait a bit to cool some, lay down and shoot again. I've shot good groups at 750 with it too. 4 - 4.5". Energy wise about 550 - 600 would be my max range for deer. </p><p></p><p>So, YES, you can build a light weight 243 for 600 yards. I like my Marlin. Does great for me. Many other brands will work too. By the way. Mine weighs 8.5 lbs with a 6-18 X 40 scope. So with a 3-9 or 4-10 power scope you'd prob be sitting around 8 lb. </p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ShootnMathews, post: 1162366, member: 59915"] A 8 - 8.5 lb med range 243 is certainly doable. One of my favorite hunting guns is a Marlin XS7 in 243 Win. It has a pencil thin 1:10 twist 20" button rifled factory barrel. It will not stabilize 95 grain vld bullets but it shoots 95 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips at 1/2 moa at 2886 fps. I have not shot it at 600 yards but I have shot it A LOT at 500 yards.2" - 2.5" 3 shot groups at 500 yards. I've shot 10 shot groups of 3.5" at 500 yards while walking around, laid prone and take a shot, wait a bit to cool some, lay down and shoot again. I've shot good groups at 750 with it too. 4 - 4.5". Energy wise about 550 - 600 would be my max range for deer. So, YES, you can build a light weight 243 for 600 yards. I like my Marlin. Does great for me. Many other brands will work too. By the way. Mine weighs 8.5 lbs with a 6-18 X 40 scope. So with a 3-9 or 4-10 power scope you'd prob be sitting around 8 lb. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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