No I am not trolling! Light and fast out of a 243

[rickt300]

Planning on a 400 yard coyote rifle and wonderying why a fast 3900fps 55 gr. Nosler Ballistic tip from my 243 would be just fine? Seems that it has a plenty flat enough trajectory and the speed helps with wind drift. I don't want to use the high BC bullets because I have a good number of regular 243 hunting bullets. Maybe when I cook this barrel I will rebarrel with a faster twist but for my coyote shooting 300 yards is a long ways.

 

[rayporter]

the 55 works pretty good for p dogs at 350yd. it should do you well.

 

[75vmax]

65 v max and 3850 fps . Varget or r 15. Lapua brass is a must. 55s in a 9 twist not that great to much rpm

 

[Dusty Stevens]

You can push a bullet faster than it wants to go

 

[rayporter]

i always take a box of 55s along with the 108s for p dogs in my 6 mm rems. the 55 seems to do ok at 3900 in an 8 twist.

 

[yotehater]

I run them at 4000 fps out of a 6mm Rem. Out to 300 yards coyotes just drop in their tracks.

 

[Mark W]

i always take a box of 55s along with the 108s for p dogs in my 6 mm rems. the 55 seems to do ok at 3900 in an 8 twist.

Ray, i was shooting 55 and 70 grain blitz kings out of my 6 BRA when we were in SD in 2019. Not quite the horsepower of a 6mm Rem but I really liked both bullets. The 55s were great out to 350-400 yards and then the 70s took over. I made my longest kill at 655 yards with a 70 grain right before y’all drove up and showed us the tornado that was behind us.....lol.

 

[rayporter]

yep, that was awhirl wind trip!

 

[Sniper338]

you can load what you want, but your limiting factor is the twist in your barrel. Id be wanting a slower twist if I'm wanting speed and light bullets. Otherwise you could get bad accuracy or bullets blowing up.

 

[rayporter]

i have never had a 6mm 55 nosler blow up but i have had many different 105s blow up.
the 55s do a wonderful job at high rpms.

so far no 108s have disintegrated.