.243 Varmint bullet question

[243slinger]

We use a Nosler bulistic tip boat tale varmit loads for it they work really good

[demontang]

I have seen good things form the 75gr sierra varminter and 70gr blitz king.

[alanger]

If I use my 243 for that purpose I'm thinking of trying the Barnes 85 grain TSX. On a bobcat I imagine it wouldn't open up at all, so performance would be similar to a fmj.

i second that. barnes varmit grenades too.

[JoshT]

If I use my 243 for that purpose I'm thinking of trying the Barnes 85 grain TSX. On a bobcat I imagine it wouldn't open up at all, so performance would be similar to a fmj.

Anyone who speculates about a Barnes "not having time to open"... hasn't shot much stuff with them. I've shot at least 20 coyotes with the 100 TSX in the .25-06 (about equal in velocity to the .243/85 grain TSX combo)... be assured that they open plenty quick, as all coyotes had exit wounds about like a softball. If you go to the Barnes website... you'll see what I'm talking about.

55 grain Nosler BT @ a little over 4 grand and rock on!! Pure poison on varmits..... and deer....

This is the truth... it don't get any better than the 55 at 4k+. I've shot (or witnessed) well over 200 dogs (and one bobcat) shot with this load... I can count on one hand the number of times a dog was shot and lost.

[atomicjoe23]

One thing to keep in mind when selecting a coyote gun is definitely what you can shoot with the caliber and when you can legally hunt with it. . .

with a .22 centerfire you can hunt up to a cougar. . .no deer. . .with sub .22 centerfire you cannot shoot cougar. . .

. . .with a .22 centerfire you can hunt coyotes year round with only a small game license. . .with anything bigger than a .22 centerfire you need to have a big game license and a tag for whatever the current big game season is in order to hunt during a big game season. . .
 
. . .this and availabilitry were why I decided on a .22-250 vs. a .204 Ruger or a .243 Winchester. . .just something else to keep in mind

[bobcat]

If I use my 243 for that purpose I'm thinking of trying the Barnes 85 grain TSX. On a bobcat I imagine it wouldn't open up at all, so performance would be similar to a fmj.

Anyone who speculates about a Barnes "not having time to open"... hasn't shot much stuff with them. I've shot at least 20 coyotes with the 100 TSX in the .25-06 (about equal in velocity to the .243/85 grain TSX combo)... be assured that they open plenty quick, as all coyotes had exit wounds about like a softball. If you go to the Barnes website... you'll see what I'm talking about.

Huh?  I never said it wouldn't have time to open. And no, I have never shot anything with a .243 85 grain TSX, not even paper. But I have shot deer and elk with them out of my 270. I've had them travel lengthwise through an entire elk and only lose 10% of their weight. I would think that a TSX would not destroy a bobcat since these bullets do not "blow up." I could be wrong and I guess I will have to find that out for myself. If it makes any difference I would be loading these to a relatively low velocity...around 2400 to 2500 feet per second.