New Marlin .243 Question

[texasbuck]

I recently bought a Marlin .243 with black kevlar stock. I normally shoot a .270 savage. Does anyone have one of these Marlin's and what are the ballistics for this gun? With my .270, an inch high at 100 yards puts me dead on at 200. How should I sight in my new.243 and what's it's knockdown range? Thank you

[13pointjomc]

My rem 700 243 is dead on at 100 yards,i killed a doe at 200 measured yards,BANG-flop.

[wilsontc81]

i have my savage 243 set 1" high at 100 yds. my little cousin shot a 9 pt last year at 245 yds and it was dead on at that range. Also, my other cousin just got this same gun for christmas. I shot it to sight it in for him. I love that new marlin. I would feel very comfortable shooting this caliber out to 300 yds.

[nchawkeye]

My brother shoots a .270, I shoot a .243...You'll see little difference on the effectiveness on whitetails...

I sight in 2-2 1/2 inches high at 100 yards...This give me a zero of 225-250 yards and I can hold for a high shoulder shot at 300...I've killed several out to 275-320 or so...

[TUK101]

If you sight in 1 or 2 inches high, you should be pretty good out to 300 yards. Remington Shoot program lists a 95gr. bullet at nearly 11 inches low at 300 yards with a 100 yard zero. So for deer, if you sight in at 2 inches high and a bit of practice shooting at distance you should be good to go.

[texasbuck]

Thanks guys, shot the rifle this past weekend and it was smooth. I will adjust my zero to coincide with ya'll's recommendations.

[bigbulls]

Assuming a standard 100 grain soft point flat based bullet (most common) leaving the muzzle at 2900 fps.

A 100 yard sight in of 2.7" high will put you 3 inches high at about 135 yards at its highest point.

It drops back to zero at about 240 yards,

And will be 3" low at about 280 yards.



Of course this is just approximate and can vary depending on your particular bullet and its velocity as well as other factors.

[skiking]

My rem 700 .243 is sighted in dead on at 200 yds which is 1.3" high at 100 yds and 6" low at 300 yds while pushing 100gr btsp at 3082 fps. I feel comfortable shooting deer out to about 450 yds with my .243, but I have only taken ground squirrels and coyotes at that range.