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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 922773" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>If your not worried about fur, then a 243 is perfect. Perhaps just a barrel change to a 1:8 twist match barrel and you can be shooting 95gr or 105gr Berger VLD's. Neither of the 2 other options is particularly great for +300 yards shots, particularly if there is any wind. Fast light bullets also bleed off their energy fast, once you get past 250 yards.</p><p></p><p>If you have ever set up targets at 350+ yards and shot groups in field conditions with the wind blowing, you would know what I mean.... My 223 (55gr Vmax) had a wind drift of 8" in a 5mph wind at 350 yards and 19" at 500, and I was wondering why I was having such a hard time hitting a coyote at 350 yards when the wind might be 10 or 15mph and gusting to 20.....</p><p></p><p>With the 243 and the 95gr Berger at 3200fps a 5mph wind drift is just 3.7" at 350 yards and 8" at 500. Energy at 500yd is 1066ftlb</p><p></p><p>A 204 Ruger shooting the 40gr Vmax will have a wind drift of 5.7" under the same conditions at 350 and 12.7" at 500. Energy at 500yd is 387ftlb.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 922773, member: 35183"] If your not worried about fur, then a 243 is perfect. Perhaps just a barrel change to a 1:8 twist match barrel and you can be shooting 95gr or 105gr Berger VLD's. Neither of the 2 other options is particularly great for +300 yards shots, particularly if there is any wind. Fast light bullets also bleed off their energy fast, once you get past 250 yards. If you have ever set up targets at 350+ yards and shot groups in field conditions with the wind blowing, you would know what I mean.... My 223 (55gr Vmax) had a wind drift of 8" in a 5mph wind at 350 yards and 19" at 500, and I was wondering why I was having such a hard time hitting a coyote at 350 yards when the wind might be 10 or 15mph and gusting to 20..... With the 243 and the 95gr Berger at 3200fps a 5mph wind drift is just 3.7" at 350 yards and 8" at 500. Energy at 500yd is 1066ftlb A 204 Ruger shooting the 40gr Vmax will have a wind drift of 5.7" under the same conditions at 350 and 12.7" at 500. Energy at 500yd is 387ftlb. [/QUOTE]
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