SIERRA PRO HUNTER
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Foxyboy43
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I cannot speak for the girlie .243 (just joshing - honest) but in grown-up (sorry - couldn’t stop myself) guns like the 6.5x55SE and .308 they are my bullets of choice for all deer - a fantastic bullet, very accurate and perform very well even over my rather mild loads.
Druid
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This is what Sierra says-
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I love the pro hunters and I did use them in 243. They were accurate, reliable and a no frills bullet. They put animals on the deck consistently all the way up to red stags.
I don't think you would gain much over the gameking though, another good bullet choice.
I don't think you would gain much over the gameking though, another good bullet choice.
I really like the pro hunters in both my .25-06 and .300wm. Very accurate and do a number on game 
The major embuggerance is that Sierra have stopped making both the .25 117gn and the .30 180gn pro hunters, so I’m currently using up the supply I have, trying to track down any remaining caches I can find, and eventually will have to swap to the SGK I suspect.
Or start completely anew with emerge ELDX or something
The major embuggerance is that Sierra have stopped making both the .25 117gn and the .30 180gn pro hunters, so I’m currently using up the supply I have, trying to track down any remaining caches I can find, and eventually will have to swap to the SGK I suspect.
Or start completely anew with emerge ELDX or something
mike243
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it was for Reds that I wanted something a bit tougher than the SGK, Norma Oryx is another maybe choice or maybe even Partitions
The pro-hunter is basically the Gameking only flat based . flat base are easier to get shooting well at shorter ranges and are more twist rate tolerant . for example in a std 243 the gameking is 50/50 going to work but the prohunter will work !
You need to go to something like the Nosler Partition 95 grain or 100 grain for a more robust bullet , better still a Barnes TTSX but that needs to be shorter and lighter in the 243 due to twist rate required but by gosh they will kill well !
Because he is shooting 243 at faster impact speeds and a lighter bullet - BIG difference !
Steff
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Granted. But if he hits it there‘ll be a dead red.
same is true with a 243 win and 55 grain nosler BT ! The thing to understand is Meat loss when the bullet breaks up and failures to exit really can be an issue with 243 win if you get the ballance of things wrong . 308 and its not going to be as bad by a long way . Bonded , partition or monolithic bullets are the answer to this common issue when shooting larger deer with 243 win.
Of course impact speed can be also answered by shooting them farther away with the same bullet giving the issue ( though game is where you find it !)
mike243
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thanks Fellas
I have a box and a bit of 100gn GK's left over which do shoot well through my rifle, but if the Pro Hunters aren't really any more robust it looks like Partitions are the way forward, I dont shoot past 200ish yds so hopefully they will exit any larger beasts
I have a box and a bit of 100gn GK's left over which do shoot well through my rifle, but if the Pro Hunters aren't really any more robust it looks like Partitions are the way forward, I dont shoot past 200ish yds so hopefully they will exit any larger beasts
Norma Oryx is a good bullet. Or an Accubond if you don’t want to go non lead. Just got a good deal on some 6BR Oryx factory loads that I will be trialling soon.
I use Pro Hunter in 6mm for smaller deer (Muntjac and Roe) but load them right down to legal minumum around the 2850fps mark. They are not a soft bullet but also not a solid hard bullet. I like them. They kill well but hitting something more solid with them likem bone on a larger deer (which we do not have on the farm) would potentially cause more damage maybe. But then most bullets do to some degree but the right bullet in the right place is the key I guess.
They do a good job but I have also had them turn rapidly on quarting deer before and fragment a touch when a proper bonded bullet would maybe punch through the hard stuff. That has sometimes caused me to pretty much feed a carcass to the yard cats as the loin has been strafed with lead and copper on a shot where you would think it could not happen. Of course weird stuff happens every so often when you shoot.
These two were both broadside a couple of days ago and were both shot pretty much next to each other at around 100yds. Straight through, perfectly acceptable performance. They are still in my mates chiller and will get dealt with tomorrow but I suspect loss of one shoulder on the little piglet which is fine with Muntjac and the buck is fine.
They are very accurate and easy to get shooting for a 100g bullet when other bullets that weigh the same might be more marginal in the .243win. They also shoot well out to further distances. They kill well out to 300yds and more.
They do a good job but I have also had them turn rapidly on quarting deer before and fragment a touch when a proper bonded bullet would maybe punch through the hard stuff. That has sometimes caused me to pretty much feed a carcass to the yard cats as the loin has been strafed with lead and copper on a shot where you would think it could not happen. Of course weird stuff happens every so often when you shoot.
These two were both broadside a couple of days ago and were both shot pretty much next to each other at around 100yds. Straight through, perfectly acceptable performance. They are still in my mates chiller and will get dealt with tomorrow but I suspect loss of one shoulder on the little piglet which is fine with Muntjac and the buck is fine.
They are very accurate and easy to get shooting for a 100g bullet when other bullets that weigh the same might be more marginal in the .243win. They also shoot well out to further distances. They kill well out to 300yds and more.
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