The combo swap loadwe worked up for my12 year oldsvanilla .243, and what I'll likely use in my new .243 AI build is the 85 TSX/85 Sierra HP over RL15. He wacked 'em and stacked 'emout past 250 yards via the X's @ 3000 fps from the muzzle, and only one managed about 15yards in a sidesteppin' circlebefore giving out. The other two were basically bang flops.

The Sierra HP's are over the same powder charge, produce the same sub 1/2 MOA @ 250 that the X's do, and yield the same ballistic path out to 400as the X's thus no screwin' around with scope adjustments. We keep him zero'd at 250 for both loads.

We only hunt Big Gamewith X's, only shoot varmits/practice with a cheap swap load, and only drive Rem 700's.......