Hi all, I just picked up Remington 700 SPS in .243 nib for $250. Couldnt say no. It is not stolen, was won at a Banquet. Anyways it has a 1:9 1/8″ rifling twist rate. Not sure for what or if I will use it but Ill get it set up prolly. Cant hunt deer here with rifles and I have ARs and a .22-250 I use for coyutes. Any idea what weight will be most accurate with this twist rate? Thanks in advance.
85 to 115 grain
I shoot 70 grain bullets just fine in a 1:10 twist for varmints. Good bullet to buck the wind. In fact, I’ve commented before that 243s seem to cover a lot of ground, mine shoots everything well from 70 to 100.
Don’t let anyone tell you it’s “not enough gun” for whitetail. My dad thought that until he folded up a buck like suitcase with a 100 grainer. Speed kills. Almost without exception, the people who say the .243 isn’t enough gun, don’t own one and have never used one.
Nice rifle for the price.
Grouse
Thanks. Rifle prolly go to my 10 y/o daughter.
have had very good luck shooting 90 grain out of a 700 in .243.
.243 is a great pronghorn caliber. Head west and have fun!
That gun is junk… I’ll give you $260 for it…. 
I appreciate your help everyone!
great rnd and gun.
i used to own “still in the family tho” remi 700 .243 for the purpose of dogs/yote n deer hunting. i bought it back in my younger poorer days i think 1999. back then i beleive .243 was about the smallest caliber we could use in MN for deer. however i also wanted a multi purpose rifle cz i was in college n broke. i loaded 55-60gr nosler ballistic for dogs/yotes.
ive taken a few whitetails with it using nosler 105gr partitions and they nvr went very far. some have dropped in their tracks.
heck ive had deer run further using a 12ga slug lol
now that i think about it, i should buy it back cz i do miss it lol
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