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Max. range for .243 Win. for whitetails and pronghorn?
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<blockquote data-quote="sewwhat89" data-source="post: 142453" data-attributes="member: 4587"><p>The longest shot in my family with a .243 was 309 yards with 80 gr Federal factory ammo. BANG . . . Flop.</p><p></p><p>I would try the Hornady LightMag and Federal High-Energy loads first. The added umph will help if your rifle shoots them accurately. I have not had problems with factory .243 ammo shooting well. The 100 gr Core-lokts are about 3/4 MOA, Federal 100 gr SGK (I think) shoot 1/2 MOA, and the Federal 80 gr loads shoot 1/3 MOA in my fiancee's hands out to 200m. She put five shots into a golf ball sized group at 200m, but the golf ball was about an inch to the left of where the bullets were going.</p><p></p><p>I will be using 105 gr AMAX myself next year on my "long-range" stand where shots go out to about 340 yards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sewwhat89, post: 142453, member: 4587"] The longest shot in my family with a .243 was 309 yards with 80 gr Federal factory ammo. BANG . . . Flop. I would try the Hornady LightMag and Federal High-Energy loads first. The added umph will help if your rifle shoots them accurately. I have not had problems with factory .243 ammo shooting well. The 100 gr Core-lokts are about 3/4 MOA, Federal 100 gr SGK (I think) shoot 1/2 MOA, and the Federal 80 gr loads shoot 1/3 MOA in my fiancee's hands out to 200m. She put five shots into a golf ball sized group at 200m, but the golf ball was about an inch to the left of where the bullets were going. I will be using 105 gr AMAX myself next year on my "long-range" stand where shots go out to about 340 yards. [/QUOTE]
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