243 Winchester Nosler Ballistic Tip 90 grain Ballistics Gel Ammo Test

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[@faux_sho]

P. O. Ackley considered the .243win a "magnum" cartridge. 26" barrel is needed to get the full potential.

[@johnnorman7708]

I think a lot of cartridges get short changed by getting the "carbine" treatment. I understand the whole idea, but if you wanted performance you gotta have enough barrel to burn the fuel. If you want a carbine you may want a completely different cartridge too.

[@kevinmckenna8948]

Have you tested Nosler Accubond 90gr?

[@ReloadingWeatherby]

Thanks for the video! Can you test the Nosler Accubond?

[@mogulrider]

Thks Sir. Chewing lead is so yesterday.

[@diggernash1]

Don't mess with the shoulders and you won't eat lead. 24 deer hams and backstraps(12 tags) is a lot of meat. Bonus, no reason to gut the deer if you process immediately as we do. That being said, I now hunt exclusively with Barnes TTSX...still not messing with shoulders.

[@14goldmedals]

Back in the last century I bought and loaded the very first Nosler Ballistic Tips in 7mm 150gr going a Chrony'd 3250 fps in 7mmRemMag from a 26" Browning A-Bolt Medallion. High BC .500+ ish and simple load of IMR4350 out of the Nosler manual of the day. Very accurate! Deer shot within 300yds was like hitting with a Berger bullet, all shrapnel and rarely a decent exit wound if any. Did make an amazing (fluky the boys called it) kill on a great whitetail buck that just missed the book. We had to estimate the range using 3' paces and a truck odometer, 745yds. Dead calm winter day and I had time to set up on the truck's hood while my bud had the spotting scope going. It was a bang, he bucked and took a couple steps and turned around and dropped. No ground shrink as we drove up! Only NBT I ever recovered that looked like the Ads. Big Varmint bullets then but not now IMO. In Alberta we have Grazing Reserves that start at 48,000 acres and up that is public land open for big game in November. This was not road hunting around others' private land, we don't like those rubber-hunters much. I did a lot of spot & stalk when I was younger over some long distances of open terrain.

[@warrennorton8737]

About this lower than advertised velocity explained. Many of the slower powders seen in reloading manual will give you the top velocity in a long 24/26 inch barrel. Put that slow powder load into a 18 or 20 inch barrel, and very commonly they will drop 200 to 350 fps below spec. The cure for a short barrel is to reload one of the faster recommended powders, then you may loss not more than about 80 fps. A manufacturer usually load the slow powder in a long barrel to get the highest advertised velocity, but kicks the carbine barrels into a ditch. A chronograph is a must, otherwise you really can't know what your dope is.

[@CircleBrewery]

Not for me … for the price needs to be bonded or something better and faster 😊

[@shotgunhollerbbq2225]

Would love to see Federal Fusion 120gr 7mm08!

[@johnparker9139]

I 2nd that motion, 7mm08

[@baron1c]

No. No 7mm-08 content. I dont need the world to know how good that cartridge is. 😅

[@shotgunhollerbbq2225]

@ this is my first year with it. Harvested two does with it and I like it a lot. Idk why the 6.5CM is so popular and the 7-08 isn’t. Seems dumb to me.

[@daltonv5206]

Better marketing. Less recoil. More available ammo options(suppose this would depend on your area but 6.5 is on every shelf here). Both are fantastic deer calibers. ​@@shotgunhollerbbq2225

[@daltonv5206]

Fusions have kicked ass in every test I've seen him do

[@wr3921]

You can hit those velocities in a 20" 6 ARC, the shorter barrel alone doesn't account for those being so slow out of a .243, that's a very weak loading. They must be keeping it slow on purpose to keep it from totally fragging

[@BigdaddyE71]

I've heard that the 95 grain Ballistic Tip was specifically designed with a thicker jacket so that it penetrated better? Anyone else?

[@southerntriplej8061]

yes you are correct. tried them all the 95 gives pretty good penetration and will exit broadside.

[@bobbycreel1811]

Oh my. Super shock

[@dennistennyson4540]

Personally I feel that ammo companies should sponsor you to do what you are doing with various ammos. For my part you cover pretty much every aspect of the ammos. Onward and upward buddy.

[@withoutprejudice8301]

Seen other manufacturers loads that still deliver over 900 ft lbs at 400 yards for less than the Nosler cost. In this case I don't see the value in cost vs performance. Perhaps a high shoulder hit to switch off electrical impulses. If they shot WELL in my particular firearm I'd probably use them (not to 400 yards), but I'm too much of a tight *ss to find out! 😅

[@wadepederson8457]

Would like to see the Hornady 123grn interlock sst in the 6.5 CM with the sectional density of. 252 and a coefficient of .510 how they would perform, thanks for your hard work and good information.

[@ratdaddy7774]

I'm going with a 24 inch barrel for this cartridge and will go no lower

[@ChollaJJ]

Do we have enough information here ? For basic hunting ?….I think more than required…but still works

[@shovelhead2155]

Maybe a flashlight to push against the dark block will illuminate the bullets. Great test.

[@someguy325es]

Nosler BT's are aweful. I loaded some in a 30 herrett once and they were loosing the jacket and fragmenting at only 1900 fps.

[@kylecasetta4091]

That's what they were designed to do can't complain for them working as designed. Hornady ssts are similar devastation on game but they don't hold together.

[@donwyoming1936]

They're a varmint bullet. They are horrible on deer & antelope

[@TheKegs96]

How about those Hornady superformance 95 grain SST? Apparently they’re warmer then anything else on the market. There going faster then 90 grain bullets being 5 grains more.

[@Dani-hl3xu]

Those bullets might completely disintegrate if going any faster

[@CCH-R]

Can we get some 243 coyote load testing!

[@stevenmiller184]

other than varmints, what good is this for?

[@WayStedYou]

Seems like it would be good for goats or similar

[@donwyoming1936]

Ballistic tips always were varmint bullets. Very accurate. But varmint bullets.

[@mr.mr.3301]

I’d like to know how the new nosler whitetail does

[@michaelwilson9986]

Having used the SolidBase before. It was dropped in favor of the BT over a few years. Its expansion is wee bit slower n violent..

[@CarlDerail-x7e]

Norma whitetail 100gr in 243 🤞🤞🤞

[@backcountrylifemagazine6912]

Curious, I Have the same gun. Remington 100 Grn. Core-Lok factory loads run at 3050fps……with good weight retention, and never a separation.

[@chuckfinley3152]

Nosler may have had to use a faster burning powder that has a lower velocity ceiling like 4064 instead of a slower powder because of the powder shortages.

[@garythoren6159]

Hey bud one question is how dose that rifle shoot ? I know you don’t have time to show groups to.. good or bad?

[@thinkforyourselves640]

Any chance of trying out the federal fusion tipped for the 308

[@CrickCritterOutdoors]

Have you tested the Accubond or Scirocco?

[@jaydemay7]

These are a great varmit bullet, not a big game bullet.

[@atairuy]

Heard they stop medium game like no other, quick drt kills

[@donwyoming1936]

They were horrible back when they introduced. Just superficial wounds on deer & antelope. Nothing has changed. They're a varmint bullet.

[@Jay-Niner]

At those speeds, these bullets would not be legal on larger deer species in the UK. Not enough muzzle energy

[@topwaterjunkies]

Fusion tipped in 6.5 creed-more! We need to see the regular vs tipped in 6.5!

[@calebchristensen900]

Great vid as always man!!! If someone can help me find a slugger barrel for a 20 gauge sxp I’m willing to donate it for you to use in some vids man!! I’ll even throw in some sabots for testing.

[@christopherquinn7858]

Can you test Norma TipStrike in 243?

[@masonleather_outdoors]

Already available to Range Boss channel members

[@nellinecronje6911]

I wonder what these would do with full fat handloads?

[@WayStedYou]

Lose even more mass

[@Ringobobingo]

45-70 Hsm bear load 430 grain +p?

[@Westerner_]

I think I’d much rather use a Barnes TTSX or a Nosler Partition than the E tip

[@echofoxtrotwhiskey1595]

This is the Ballistic tip. The Nosler E tip is a copper bullet.

[@billhendon1017]

Cool

[@johnnorman7708]

Pretty funny how they want you to believe bullet failure on deer size game is a desirable feature. Remington fixed the problem with Core-Lokt in 1939.

[@donwyoming1936]

These are definitely not deer bullets. They are awful on anything bigger than a coyote

[@greasydot]

​@@donwyoming1936I reload my own 243 with these and at 200 yards to my feeder not one hog or deer took a step from where it was hit.

[@johnnorman7708]

Wonder if these bullets settle down and hold together better at long range? I would assume they would somewhat as they run slower.

[@greasydot]

Maybe so.

[@frankspataro9714]

They pumble deer

[@kimyoung1093]

Nosssssler

[@TexasLeverGunner]

Excellent performance. That type of performance is what brings down game QUICK.

[@LoggyBayou]

Just don't ever hit bone. Lost a couple whitetail to shoulder bone.

[@gews6114]

I'd like to see the 95 grain Ballistic Silvertip load from Winchester, SBST243A, which is of course a Nosler Ballistic Tip with a coating. I heard a guy at Nosler designed the 95 Ballistic Tip to be his elk hunting bullet...