SteveBurton
Formerly 'Jackmonkey'
Today I finally got a chance to take my 243 carry rifle to the range to try out several brands of factory ammo and a couple of custom loads at 100 yards. The rifle is a factory Remington 700 SPS with some aftermarket pieces. The build can be found here:
http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f19/new-243-carry-rifle-139684/
I tried out the following ammo:
Federal Deer Thugs 95 grain
Federal Fusion 95 grain
Federal Vital Shock 100 grain Sierra Game King
Hornady Whitetail 100 grain Interlock
Hornady SuperPerformance 95 grain SST
Hendershots 95 grain Berger VLD
Hendershots 105 grain Berger VLD
I couldn't find any Winchester or Remington ammo to try and had already spent a crap load of money.
I shot 4 sighters at 50 yards to verify the scope was on target then went to 100 yards.
-The first pic is the Deer Thugs. I was very happy with this group from a $23 box of Walmart ammo.
-The second pic is the Fusion ammo. Holy cow! Another sub MOA group from factory ammo.
-The third pic is the Vital Shock ammo. OK, still an MOA group with a bascially factory rifle and ammo but not as good as the first two.
-The next brand of ammo I tried was the Hornady Whitetail. This gave me a 2 MOA group so I will give this to my niece to try in her rifle. I did not post a pic of that group.
-The fourth pic is SuperPerformance ammo and once again, I was very happy with a sub MOA grouping.
-The fifth pic was a shocker to me. That is 95 grain Berger VLDs loaded by a local gun shop called Hendershots. I wanted to see if it would shoot well out of my 1 in 9-1/8" barrel. I think I may have found my ammo for this season and I will have to figure out their recipe so I can duplicate it.
-The last group I tried was the 105 grain Berger VLDs, also from Hendershots. I didn't have high hopes for it and was not disappointed when I saw them key-holing the target. I did not post a pic.
Overall I am very happy with this rifle and the ammo I tried. I have never had a factory rifle shoot this well, especially with so many different types of ammo.
http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f19/new-243-carry-rifle-139684/
I tried out the following ammo:
Federal Deer Thugs 95 grain
Federal Fusion 95 grain
Federal Vital Shock 100 grain Sierra Game King
Hornady Whitetail 100 grain Interlock
Hornady SuperPerformance 95 grain SST
Hendershots 95 grain Berger VLD
Hendershots 105 grain Berger VLD
I couldn't find any Winchester or Remington ammo to try and had already spent a crap load of money.
I shot 4 sighters at 50 yards to verify the scope was on target then went to 100 yards.
-The first pic is the Deer Thugs. I was very happy with this group from a $23 box of Walmart ammo.
-The second pic is the Fusion ammo. Holy cow! Another sub MOA group from factory ammo.
-The third pic is the Vital Shock ammo. OK, still an MOA group with a bascially factory rifle and ammo but not as good as the first two.
-The next brand of ammo I tried was the Hornady Whitetail. This gave me a 2 MOA group so I will give this to my niece to try in her rifle. I did not post a pic of that group.
-The fourth pic is SuperPerformance ammo and once again, I was very happy with a sub MOA grouping.
-The fifth pic was a shocker to me. That is 95 grain Berger VLDs loaded by a local gun shop called Hendershots. I wanted to see if it would shoot well out of my 1 in 9-1/8" barrel. I think I may have found my ammo for this season and I will have to figure out their recipe so I can duplicate it.
-The last group I tried was the 105 grain Berger VLDs, also from Hendershots. I didn't have high hopes for it and was not disappointed when I saw them key-holing the target. I did not post a pic.
Overall I am very happy with this rifle and the ammo I tried. I have never had a factory rifle shoot this well, especially with so many different types of ammo.
