.243

.243 Winchester ammunition is very common among North American hunters. The round itself is a centerfire, rimless, bottle-necked, .243 caliber rifle cartridge that was introduced by Winchester in 1955 for use in their model 70 bolt action rifle.

Starting with a .308 Winchester case, Winchester's design team reduced the size of the case's neck to accept a .243 caliber bullet in order to create a varmint cartridge with an extremely flat trajectory that was capable of instantly killing larger varmint species (such as Coyotes) than could be humanely taken with the various .22 caliber cartridges. Consequently, this cartridge found immediate success with avid varmint hunters when loaded with lightweight, hollow point or ballistic tip bullets.

It didn’t take long for Eastern deer hunters and Western Antelope hunters to quickly discover that 243 ammo also makes an excellent long range deer and goat cartridge when loaded with 100 grain, soft point, spitzer bullets and it can even be used successfully on Mule Deer at closer ranges when loaded with tough, heavy, bullets.

In fact, with a range of available bullet weights and designs from 58 grain hollow point spitzer bullets to 100 grain soft point spitzer bullets as well as a 105 grain match grade boat tail hollow point bullet and even a 90 grain Full Metal Jacket design to choose from, .243 Win ammo is a very versatile cartridge.

Consequently, due to the 243’s versatility, many hunters choose rifles chambered for this cartridge as their sole hunting rifle and thus, nearly all American firearms manufacturers have chambered one or models of their rifles for this cartridge.

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  1. 200rds – 243 Win Browning BXR 97gr. Rapid Expansion Matrix Tip Ammo 200rds – 243 Win Browning BXR 97gr. Rapid Expansion Matrix Tip Ammo
    $259.95
    $1.3/ppr

    66 In Stock

  2. 200rds – 243 Win Federal Power-Shok 100gr. SP Ammo 200rds – 243 Win Federal Power-Shok 100gr. SP Ammo

    ☆☆☆☆☆ 2 Review(s)

    $269.95
    $1.35/ppr

    6 In Stock

  3. 200rds – 243 Win Hornady American Whitetail 100gr. InterLock SP Ammo 200rds – 243 Win Hornady American Whitetail 100gr. InterLock SP Ammo
    $269.95
    $1.35/ppr

    34 In Stock

  4. 20rds - .243 Win Hornady American Whitetail 100gr. InterLock BTSP Ammo 20rds - .243 Win Hornady American Whitetail 100gr. InterLock BTSP Ammo

    ☆☆☆☆☆ 4 Review(s)

    $27.95
    $1.4/ppr

    85 In Stock

  5. 20rds - 243 Win. Fiocchi 95gr. SST Polymer Tip Ammo 20rds - 243 Win. Fiocchi 95gr. SST Polymer Tip Ammo

    ☆☆☆☆☆ 1 Review(s)

    $28.95
    $1.45/ppr

    77 In Stock

  6. 20rds - .243 Win. Federal Power-Shok 100gr. SP Ammo 20rds - .243 Win. Federal Power-Shok 100gr. SP Ammo

    ☆☆☆☆☆ 1 Review(s)

    $29.95
    $1.5/ppr

    21 In Stock

  7. 20rds – 243 Fiocchi Rifle Shooting Dynamics 100gr. PSP Ammo 20rds – 243 Fiocchi Rifle Shooting Dynamics 100gr. PSP Ammo
    $29.95
    $1.50/ppr

    19 In Stock

  8. 20rds – 243 Win Browning BXR 97gr. Rapid Expansion Matrix Tip Ammo 20rds – 243 Win Browning BXR 97gr. Rapid Expansion Matrix Tip Ammo
    $30.95
    $1.55/ppr

    156 In Stock

  9. 20rds - 243 Win. Hornady Custom Lite Reduced Recoil 87gr. SST Polymer Tip Ammo 20rds - 243 Win. Hornady Custom Lite Reduced Recoil 87gr. SST Polymer Tip Ammo
    $31.95
    $1.60/ppr

    23 In Stock

  10. 20rds – 243 Win Hornady Superformance 58gr. V-MAX Ammo 20rds – 243 Win Hornady Superformance 58gr. V-MAX Ammo
    $32.95
    $1.65/ppr

    121 In Stock

  11. 200rds – 243 Win Hornady Superformance 95gr. SST Ammo 200rds – 243 Win Hornady Superformance 95gr. SST Ammo
    $339.94
    $1.7/ppr

    8 In Stock

  12. 20rds - 243 Win. Hornady Superformance 95gr. SST Ammo 20rds - 243 Win. Hornady Superformance 95gr. SST Ammo

    ☆☆☆☆☆ 3 Review(s)

    $34.95
    $1.75/ppr

    36 In Stock

  13. 20rds – 243 Win Winchester Varmint X 58gr. Polymer Tip Ammo 20rds – 243 Win Winchester Varmint X 58gr. Polymer Tip Ammo
    $34.95
    $1.75/ppr

    72 In Stock

  14. 200rds – 243 Win Hornady Precision Hunter 90gr. ELD-X Ammo 200rds – 243 Win Hornady Precision Hunter 90gr. ELD-X Ammo
    $359.95
    $1.80/ppr

    5 In Stock

  15. 20rds – 243 Win Federal 85gr. Barnes TSX Ammo 20rds – 243 Win Federal 85gr. Barnes TSX Ammo
    $36.95
    $1.85/ppr

    69 In Stock

  16. 20rds – 243 Win Hornady Outfitter 80gr. CX Ammo 20rds – 243 Win Hornady Outfitter 80gr. CX Ammo
    $36.95
    $1.85/ppr

    125 In Stock

  17. 20rds - 243 Win Federal Vital-Shok 85gr. Trophy Copper Polymer Tip Ammo 20rds - 243 Win Federal Vital-Shok 85gr. Trophy Copper Polymer Tip Ammo

    ☆☆☆☆☆ 1 Review(s)

    $38.95
    $1.95/ppr

    16 In Stock

  18. 20rds – 243 Win Federal Power-Shok Copper 85gr. SCHP Ammo 20rds – 243 Win Federal Power-Shok Copper 85gr. SCHP Ammo
    $38.95
    $1.95/ppr

    125 In Stock

  19. 20rds – 243 Win Hornady Precision Hunter 90gr. ELD-X Ammo 20rds – 243 Win Hornady Precision Hunter 90gr. ELD-X Ammo
    $39.95
    $2.00/ppr
    • Buy 10 for $37.00 each

    42 In Stock

  20. 20rds – 243 Win Federal 95gr. Berger Hybrid Hunter Ammo 20rds – 243 Win Federal 95gr. Berger Hybrid Hunter Ammo
    $39.95
    $2.00/ppr

    44 In Stock

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  • ☆☆☆☆☆
    Good for coyotes. But not much of a fan of federal shells. They get the job done.
    Jackie on 200rds – 243 Win Federal Power-Shok 100gr. SP Ammo
  • ☆☆☆☆☆
    Nice ammo took a 8 point buck drop in his tracks no tracking needed
    Mickey jordon on 20rds – 243 Win Barnes VOR-TX 80gr. TTSX BT Ammo
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    my 243 M77 Ruger with a 4x9 scope shot a bullseye at 200yds. with this ammo. it liked this bullet and shot more accurate than other brands. i was surprised they shot so well. try them out on deer this fall.
    kim miller on 20rds – 243 Win Prvi Partizan 90gr. SP Ammo
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    Sighted in ruger m77 243 with a nikon 4x9 scope using ppu , sp 90gr. 243. Shot a bullseye at 33yds, Moved out to 100yds. hit 1 1/2 in. high . moved out to 200yds. First shot hit dead center bullseye. My Ruger shoots this bullet very good . Tried same target with Federal 80gr. did not shoot as well.
    kim miller on 20rds – 243 Win Prvi Partizan 90gr. SP Ammo