I dont have my ballistic software right here, but im inclined to think that 400 would be at the outside limit of the 100grain bullet in the 243 when shooting deer. One of the worlds oldest and most trusted manufacturers, remington ammunition is the unquestioned leader all others must follow. So why waste your time with winchesters ballistics calculator. Ballistic tips are very effective but at short range can cause almost too much damage. Anyone use a 105 grain hornady a max bullet in a 243 caliber rifle on white. The trajectory immediately begins to drop below the bore axis. Make sure youre ready when the big one steps out and loadup with hornady american whitetail ammunition. According to my ballistic program it shows the 150 gr core lokt at. Goodness only knows how many big 6x6 bull elk gail took with the 95 and most of them with a single wellplaced shot. This bullet may be the correct choice for hunting large varmints as well as deer or antelope.
I use the 55 grain nosler ballistic tips in my 243 for coyotes and ground squirrels. Hornady 123 grain sst seem to be the favored bullet. Add a 90 or 95 grain ballistic tip or one of the partition bullets, and the. All the ballistics from all manufacturers, finally. Not that you cant hunt deer with a 90 grain bullet, but the hunting market is what it is, and the. It says that at around the halfway point of 250 yards the bullet will have slowed 580fps to a velocity of 2520fps, lost 688 ft pounds of energy now pushing just 39 lbs, and dropped due to gravitational forces just 5. Rifle trajectory table by chuck hawks in order to hit a distant target a rifle must be.
Is there really much, if anything, to be gained by using a 243 rather than a 3006 for whitetailmule deer. If you reload, one of the best bullets for deer in. Sightingin a hunting rifle to hit a certain number of inches high at 100 yards or 100 meters maximizes the point blank range of the rifle and cartridge and is. Our calculator creates a proper ballistics trajectory chart that details range, drop, velocity, energy fps, wind drift, and time. I suggest using 100 grain bullets for deer as long as they are lead bullets not solid copper.
Ballistics charts ballistic tables for remington, federal. For several decades, ammunition manufacturers offered two bullet weights for the. The 243 winchester tolerates a wide variety of bullet propellant combinations, making it an. Combining the finest components with gamechanging innovation, remington engineers are moving closer to perfection round by round. Oct 04, 2008 i know that the core lokt bullet works great in the 3006 my granddad has been shootin them as long as i can remember. This dedication to excellence has given federal a competitive edge as an ammunition technology giant. Density is calculated using input density altitudes. Input your hunting conditions to see the drop, drift, bullet trajectory, velocity, and energy. Remington corelokt bullets 243 cal 6mm 243 diameter 100 grain.
My 6284 will fling those 105107s into a group about 1 at 300 yards but i hunt with a 95 gr combined technologies ballistic tip. Sightingin a hunting rifle to hit a certain number of inches high at 100 yards or 100 meters maximizes the point. The mild but wild 243 winchester ron spomer outdoors. I dont think anybody is using the 243 as varmint round anymore, with 55 grain bullets meant for turning woodchucks into pink mist. I just sighted in my new savage 14 ac in 243 and this is what i did. I chose the federal vitalshok load with 100 grain jsp bullet to develop the ballistics analysis of these common. Gail was perhaps noslers most talented ballistician. I have used the 100 gr btsp hornady and it works just like ms squared said a better choice is the regular 100 gr hornady sp interlock.
My remington really seems to like 75 to 90 grain bullets. I checked the numbers and found that with the 100 gr. Its filled more tags on more continents than any other load. The bullet s boattail design flattens its trajectory while the jacketed lead core delivers rapid expansion and energy release. Not sure what you are considering a lighter bullet, 100 grain barns ttsx would be a ok option. Use this ballistic calculator in order to calculate the flight path of a bullet given the shooting parameters that meet your conditions. This matters little if you re shooting a deer 100 yards away, but it matters a great deal if youre trying to hit one 300 yards away. I love 40 grains of imr4831 in my 243 with 95 grain nosler bts. Speer spitzer boat tail bullets feature a tapered heel that reduces aerodynamic drag for flatter trajectories and less wind drift. The winchester ballistic calculator allows you to select your winchester product and view the real trajectory from that product. However, i agree that most shooters today who use the 243 caliber rifle will be using at least 65 grain bullets if not 90 or 100 grain. I use a 200 yard zero, that puts me a hair high at 100.
The federal ballistics calculator lets you quickly determine the trajectory for any rifle or handgun load. Calculate a trajectory card from bullet, velocity, firearm and atmospheric parameters. Speed and energy are figured out using an average of all the known cartridges. Ballistic tip hunting bullet nosler bullets, brass. But beause this lighter bullet will always have a lower ballistic coeficient it will start to bleed off speed faster than a 100 grain and this will give gravity more time to pull it down. Compare ballistics data on your favorite winchester ammunition rounds. These bullets are great bullets to use hunting medium sized game. Its an excellent longrange bullet choice for virtually any medium game species in north america. If you want to know the specifics on how your ammo is firing, use guide outdoors ballistics charts and ammo charts to hit any target, anywhere. You can expect it to be a little high at 100 not enough to ruin a shot at a deer. Its progressively tapered copper jacket is locked to a solid lead core, promoting perfectly controlled expansion, deep penetration and high weight retention for dependable results.
The hornady standard ballistics calculator uses bcs g1 or g7 ballistic coefficients to calculate trajectory and is ideal for traditional hunting and varmint bullets at close to moderate distance. Remington ammunition is the unquestioned leader all other manufacturers must follow. Welcome to the predator masters forums welcome to predator. Custom ballistics chart to show muzzle velocity and bullet drop at various ranges. I am sure there are a lot of other bullets that would work just fine. Jul 30, 2006 55 grain in 243 posted in guns, loads, optics and gear for varmint hunting. I use it in my sons 243 and in my 6284 cause it just slams the deer down. This calculator will produce a ballistic trajectory chart that shows the bullet drop, bullet energy, windage, and velocity. The most accurate combination ive found is reloader 17 and nosler 95 grain ballistic tips seated. Bibliography calculators downloads lengths hardware software statistics topics.
If its for average size whitetail i wouldnt worry to much either way. These loads were very basic, often very slow and the. Easy to use and supereffective the winchester ballistics calculator. With a 100 yard zero in going to be 8 inches low at 300. The following is a ballistic charttable that details drop, velocity, energy, and time for a common. Bthp 80289 2960 2697 2449 2215 1993 1786 23 1098 906 741 600 482 1 517 07 22 454 m 223 rem 73 gr.
Ss varmint sig sauer p229 sig sauer 1911 stx remington r15 450 bushmaster beretta al391 urika 2 youth xtra grain. I started my loadings for the 243 by seating my bullets. I realize that if they are handloaded too hot that they probably are barrel burners. I got some 100 grain core lokt psp bullets for my 243 and i have heard all the stories of how they mess up in 2 small a caliber and how they work good in them please tell.
Muzzle velocity is found by using linear interpolation between two velocities measured as a fuction of temperature. More than a few years back before the manual writers got their tits in a wringer the imr manual showed 100 gr bullets being loaded with up to 47. Hold low for positive numbers, high for negative numbers. I sighted my 243 in at 50 yards, then went to 100 yards and fine tuned it from there. Bullet does not rise more than 3 above line of sight from muzzle to sightingin range. Use our ballistics tables below to find the velocity, trajectory, bullet weight, and more for your caliber and gun style. That essentially doubles your effective range, but you might be even better off looking at.
The federal ballistics calculator lets you quickly determine the trajectory for any rifle or handgun load, and save data for an unlimited number of loads. Remington corelokt 243 winchester ammunition ballistics. Compare up to 4 winchester products and see how they compare. I just bought a new savage 243 for the nephews to hunt with and dont know much about the round only what i have read sense iam a 30 caliber fan. I hunted with a 243 for 15 years or so and no deer that i made a reasonable shot on went more than 50 yards. Accuracy is built into every aspect of the sierrar gamekingr. Speer offers a variety of reloading bullets ideal for hunters, plinkers and varminters. Ballistic calculators are computer programs based on physics. For nearly a century federal ammunition has put its focus on manufacturing quality products with cutting edge technology. The angle of departure for small arms generally very small is formed by the intersection of the line of departure and the baseline. Whether youre making bulk ammo for plinking, creating the perfect hunting round, or building the best ammunition for a 500 yard shot, midsouth has the right rifle bullet for your reloading recipe. Im sure the remington would be pretty much the same. I always shot 100 grain cor loks or equivalent winchester rounds. Ive got several varget loads that put 5 rounds in one ragged hole at 100 yards.
A 3006 with a 150 or a 165 grain bullet seems to be so close in terms of ballistics looking at winchester factory specs to the 100 grain bullet in 243. Dec 02, 20 100 grain remington corelokt is my favorite but ive been forces to try others. It can burn about a grain more of any given powder with bullets of 80 grains or lighter. I feel the grendel may be near an ideal deer rifle. Any soft pointhollow point in 100 grain should work though. Speer bullets 243 cal 6mm 243 diameter 100 grain spitzer. I was wondering about the factory 55 grain loads available from black hills, etc. This means that the speed and energy will vary from cartridge manufacturer to manufacturer. Jeff, the 243 wssm is a ballistic twin to the standard 243 win. Youll find 300 win mag ballistics, 308 ballistics, 3006 ballistics, 223 ballistics, 243 ballistics, 3030 ballistics and much more. Rifle trajectory table by chuck hawks in order to hit a distant target a rifle must be correctly sightedin, and to accomplish that the shooter must have some working knowledge of the bullet s trajectory. We hunt where our longer shots are 375 yds in the fields and in the woods 100 yards max. You go looking for a similarcaliber, longerrange load in the same bullet weight, and your search of the catalog charts shows you a 6. Can ballistic tables, drop cards and other shooting aids be found for the.
Therefore manufacturers should give them a faster rifling twist rate. Bullet does not rise more than 1 above line of sight from muzzle to sightingin range. Discussion in general reloading started by plumber, sep 27, 2010. Mar 21, 2011 could anyone help me with this one im unable to find any info on this a. With 100 grain bullets, the old 243 actually handles a grain more powder than the wssm. Winchesters supreme 95 grain ballistic silvertip big game bullet is factory loaded to a mv of 3,100 fps with 2,021 ft. Aaron davidson explains how to use the ballistic calculator at. Drop and winddrift calculated with pointblank software for 70 f temp.
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