new caliber to learn

[Lloyd Smale]

Got a hell of a deal on a 243 howa today. Figured i give it to the grandson for a first deer rifle. Got to thinking and realized ive never loaded a 243 in my life. Lots of 6mm amd all the small .25s but never a 243!

[Luckyducker]

Lloyd, the 243 kills deer best with 100 grain slugs.  When I had my 243 the best load I found was with 40 grains of IMR4350 and Rem. 100 grain C/L bullet.  I used Win brass and Win standard large rifle primers and seated them really close to the lands.  My rifle didn't like boat-tail bullets at all.   All three of my kids started out with the 243 but have since moved up to 30 calibers, even my daughter now has my 30/06 that used to be my deer magic.

[Val]

My .243 deer load is 100 grain Nosler Partitions with 41.5 grains of IMR 4350. This load is very accurate in my Tang safety Ruger and chronoraphs at 2872 fps.