Sierra pro hunter

[Acm]

Anyone using the 100grn version of these in .243? I was given a box of 100 this evening and wondered how people find them on deer? I’ve never got on great with 100grn in .243 . That being said I’ve never used a flat base so perhaps these will shoot well.

The box was priced at £17/100
Different times!

 

[Jax]

They are superb in .243 win. They will stabilise in a 1:10 twist barrel. Worked very well for me with RS60.

 

[Donkey Basher]

If you can fatten them up over Christmas into 6.5mm 120gn I’ll take them off your hands - using them in the x47 on fallow & they’re the business.

 

[Essexsussex]

I like them

 

[Ludders]

Brilliant, when I had a 243. Tikka t3
I used n160 with these and managed 0.3 moa

 

[Acm]

Brilliant, when I had a 243. Tikka t3
I used n160 with these and managed 0.3 moa

I don’t suppose you remember your load? I have a couple of kg of n160 I’d like to use

 

[Ludders]

I don’t suppose you remember your load? I have a couple of kg of n160 I’d like to use

42gn N160
Tikka t3 varmint 243
Lapua cases
Federal large primers

 

[Ludders]

It was a while ago

 

[Cyres]

Work well in my Remmy .243 . Shot steel at 600m at Orion with them. Also dropped two good fallow bucks with them.
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[Dave_45]

If you can fatten them up over Christmas into 6.5mm 120gn I’ll take them off your hands - using them in the x47 on fallow & they’re the business.

I’ve got some pro hunters in the reloading box somewhere

 

[Cyres]

I have 2 boxs one is ancient.
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[Foxyboy43]

At that price and still in a cardboard box they should be on The Antiques Roadshow!
I don’t know about .243 (a bit girlie for me) but in 6.5, .308, 7.62x54R and 8mm they are a great bullet for anything walking.

 

[deeangeo]

Excellent bullets work brilliantly in 25-06

 

[Essexsussex]

I don’t suppose you remember your load? I have a couple of kg of n160 I’d like to use

Can’t remember the charge but I use n160 and it’s accurate with them. I actually found a fairly anemic load suited me well for a number of reasons - accuracy and (I told myself although doubt if I had enough control examples of others for it to be a fact) carcass damage.

 

[Brighty3006]

Excellent bullet. Perfect in my Sako carbonlight in .243. Kills very well

 

[Cottis]

Used this bullet in my .243 (Mauser M12) for years. I always load down to the lowest legal muzzle energy around 2850fps. It is a decent bullet that is not too soft and being flat based, it is very very accurate. My .243 for some reason develops pressure quicker than would be expected. I suspect it has either a tight chamber and/or bore but a little under 38grains gets me to 2850fps.

I remember shooting it at 200yds to ensure stability and to see what drop I was getting. I fired 4 rounds (pic below) and then called it good. It is a staggeringly accurate round in my gun and kills really well on either soft tissue or bone. Apart from a random shot on a broadside muntjac where the bullet turned 90 degrees on a front quarter shot at around 150yds and strafed the entire loin and came out its arse, i don't recall having any other specific oddities with this bullet. It is just hugely reliable.

 

[Crowstalker]

Used this bullet in my .243 (Mauser M12) for years. I always load down to the lowest legal muzzle energy around 2850fps. It is a decent bullet that is not too soft and being flat based, it is very very accurate. My .243 for some reason develops pressure quicker than would be expected. I suspect it has either a tight chamber and/or bore but a little under 38grains gets me to 2850fps.

I remember shooting it at 200yds to ensure stability and to see what drop I was getting. I fired 4 rounds (pic below) and then called it good. It is a staggeringly accurate round in my gun and kills really well on either soft tissue or bone. Apart from a random shot on a broadside muntjac where the bullet turned 90 degrees on a front quarter shot at around 150yds and strafed the entire loin and came out its arse, i don't recall having any other specific oddities with this bullet. It is just hugely reliable.

You couldn't ask any better a group than that.

 

[Acm]

Used this bullet in my .243 (Mauser M12) for years. I always load down to the lowest legal muzzle energy around 2850fps. It is a decent bullet that is not too soft and being flat based, it is very very accurate. My .243 for some reason develops pressure quicker than would be expected. I suspect it has either a tight chamber and/or bore but a little under 38grains gets me to 2850fps.

I remember shooting it at 200yds to ensure stability and to see what drop I was getting. I fired 4 rounds (pic below) and then called it good. It is a staggeringly accurate round in my gun and kills really well on either soft tissue or bone. Apart from a random shot on a broadside muntjac where the bullet turned 90 degrees on a front quarter shot at around 150yds and strafed the entire loin and came out its arse, i don't recall having any other specific oddities with this bullet. It is just hugely reliable.

Wow that’s a great group for 200m, I’d be very happy with that at 100!

 

[Cottis]

You couldn't ask any better a group than that.

Yeah it's a really good gun and bullet. It does relative groups at 300 and 400 as well but never shot it beyond that. I rarely shoot it on deer now as I tend to use the 6.5 with the .243 being my fox gun now using 70gn Noslers. The 100gn Prohunters are comfortably more accurate though. I wonder if the Prohunters like being pushed relatively slow? I tend to load mild and I think the Noslers would benefit from being pushed faster when I look at their actual published load data. I shoot it a lot though and want the barrel to last as long as poss, so I put up with the slightly worse grouping as fox accuracy out to 200yds is all I need.

 

[Foxyboy43]

Yeah it's a really good gun and bullet. It does relative groups at 300 and 400 as well but never shot it beyond that. I rarely shoot it on deer now as I tend to use the 6.5 with the .243 being my fox gun now using 70gn Noslers. The 100gn Prohunters are comfortably more accurate though. I wonder if the Prohunters like being pushed relatively slow? I tend to load mild and I think the Noslers would benefit from being pushed faster when I look at their actual published load data. I shoot it a lot though and want the barrel to last as long as poss, so I put up with the slightly worse grouping as fox accuracy out to 200yds is all I need.

Yep. Never felt the need to push them too hard - they work just fine on Roe through to Reds trundling along at mid-range speeds.
Worryingly even the Sierra shop in ‘merica lists them as “out of stock”….