Still surprised how the same can be so different

[Drew 3]

Only got a few reloads left for deer. Don’t reload any more so looking for factory 100 grain in .243 to replace my pro hunters. Did some research and decided to try Hornady whitetail and Norma whitetail. Thought they would be pretty much the same but, hell! The Norma shot nice tight half inch or so groups but the Hornady shot all over the place, best of two groups was 3 1/2 “. Just goes to show you never know till you test.

 

[KimE]

They use different bullets in their ammunition the Whitetail moniker doesn`t mean anything.

 

[Bavarianbrit]

That's why reloading works, you can tune the load to improve accuracy.

 

[User00056]

I reload my own. I'm absolutely anal about making sure all my rounds are made exactly the same.

They still tend to go all over the place though, on occasion

 

[HonestJohn]

The regular Norma SP are better than the whitetail as fyi

 

[spurs14]

I’ve just bought a tikka t3x lite so was looking to see what rounds it liked best ,got it down to two , Hornaby whitetail and sako game head , both shot sub Mia at 100 m bench rest , probably go with hornaby as it’s a tenner a box cheaper !

 

[trickie]

Different barrels, like different food, it’s always been this way.
Check the batch number from the Norma box and buy as many as you can.
Start from scratch when that batch is no longer available, ans your running out

 

[HonestJohn]

Different barrels, like different food, it’s always been this way.
Check the batch number from the Norma box and buy as many as you can.
Start from scratch when that batch is no longer available, ans your running out

And before buying an fac allowance full, check you are happy with terminal performance on game