.243, 1-10" twist: Bullet weight recommendations?

[tcollinson]

Hey Guys,

Just got my first rifle the other day. A .243 that I am looking forward to scope when I get home in a few weeks. I was wondering if anybody has experience with this rifle. Mine in particular is a tikka t3 and I don't know whether or not the 100g bullets are known to stabilize with this twist rate in other rifles. Any tips would be welcomed. I don't reload so I am looking for factory ammo in the 80-100g range but I am afraid the 100g may not shoot accurately. Any help and shared knowledge would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[southernman]

Mate you are over thinking it , there are millions of factory 1-10 twist .243's and hundreds of thousands of tikka .243's out there, you can pick up any box of factory ammo, sight her in and go forth hunting, The 100gr in the .243 is its greatest strength,
Many just as good a deer caliber's have been push aside in preference, ie .250 savage and .257 robbets, 6mm Remington, likely .22 savage high power and others as well.
I use the 6mm rem, same bullet as the .243.
Fine choice, good luck.

 

[hunter-4-life]

My 243 is a 1:9.25 twist and I shoot 95 SST's out of it and produce sub MOA groups at 100 yards all day. Dont worry about it too much.

 

[H4831]

100 grain bullets are pretty iffy in a 10 inch twist. 105 grain make a good goose pattern.
For big game hunting 100 grain bullets will do just fine, but in my experience they just do not have the gilt edge accuracy of bullets in the 70 to 95 grain weight.

 

[skypilot]

I have a couple in that caliber and twist. One won't shoot accurately without using 100 gr, pretty much the only thing it shoots well out to 600 yds.

The other is more fond of the 70 gr ammo.

 

[Sask_Hunter]

Bullet length is the trump card when it comes to twist not weight. It would take a VLD style bullet of 95grs or more for it to be unstable. Last time I check there is maybe one or two factory loads with a VLD type bullet. I've shot 90 gr lapuas 87,95gr Berger vlds and 105hornadys out of 1-10" barrels.

You'll be fine with any of the 100gr factory loads and you might even get a 105 hornady to stabilize if the conditions are right.

 

[tcollinson]

Thanks for the info guys. I am moving soon and my current location sells ammunition for much cheaper than where I will be moving to. Didn't want to stock up on cartridges that I can't shoot straight.