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    Default .243 Factory Ammo for Jackal

    Can anyone recommend factory ammo for Howa 243 win heavy barrel? Something to use for jackal and lynx, this is temporary as I have not purchased my reloading kit yet, so preferably casings that I can reuse once I buy my kit. Thank you!

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    Default Re: .243 Factory Ammo for Jackal

    Bog standard PMP brown box? I'd bet that thick barrel will shoot anything straight

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    Default Re: .243 Factory Ammo for Jackal

    Quote Originally Posted by Pirate View Post
    Bog standard PMP brown box? I'd bet that thick barrel will shoot anything straight
    +1
    Cheapest ammo available that will absolutely demolish a jackal and Lynx.

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    Default Re: .243 Factory Ammo for Jackal

    If you can get 80gr PMP ammo then the paddock pizza should improve with the higher speed.

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    PMP cases are some of the hardest.
    My friend asked me to resize some pmp 308 the other day for him.
    They are very hard brass. I would rather recommend anything else then PMP cases for reloading. Due to this.

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    Default Re: .243 Factory Ammo for Jackal

    Yes they are "harder"
    Regular annealing and checking for doughnuts should be done as a matter of course.
    If you batch them, anneal them regularly and check for doughnuts, then you good to go.

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    Thank you for the response! Think I am going to go for the PMP 80gr, and maybe the 80gr winchester super X, the nice thing of having an ATN x sight allows me to save more than one profile. So might play around with the two and see what gives the best results, will let you guys know, thanks again!

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    Default Re: .243 Factory Ammo for Jackal

    I shot many jackal and warthog with pmp 100gr. They were just as dead as the ones we shot with ballistic tips and v max. Not the best ammo available but on a student budget they worked well enough for me until I started reloading. I got about one inch groupings out of a CZ 550 at 100m. Very rarely shot further than 200m.

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