a nosler bullet

[Country Boy]

Went to the range today and shot a used .243 I bought. Found some purple tipped bullets(I'm color blind but I think they are 95 grn purple and not blue) in my duffle so I shot and coronographed them. Got 3100 fps out of this old remington 700 adl with 42 grns of imr 4350  I don"t know the weight or what these bullets are for ? are they deer hunting bullets ? They shoot really good and it was windy. Then my kid shot my coronograph with his .223 and that was the end of that ! These bullets syhot so good and fast that I was wondering if they could be used for deer hunting or should I just stick with my old Rem.100 grn corelocks ?

[shot1]

I can't believe that you loaded up some bullets and shot them and did not know the weight of them. If indeed they are 95 gr Nosler ballistic tips which sounds like what you described and to the load and velocity you got then yes they are very good deer bullets.

[cwlongshot]

As a general rule with conventional core and jacket bullets anything under 90 Grns is a varmint bullet making anything over a "deer" bullet...

There are always exceptions and Sierras 85G boat tail is such a bullet. Its also a excellent choice of long range speedy goat hunters...

CW

[Country Boy]

Thank You ! I do a lot of dumb stuff but that happens when in your 80"s I just couldn"t read the label I put on the loads.

[spinafish]

the 95 grain BT is a deer bullet and the tip is purple. 

[Steve P]

95 ballistic tip works on deer, but is better on coyotes. 
Spend the additional few bucks and get the 100 gr partitions.
Same point of aim, near identical ballistics, and better results with deer.
 
Steve