Favorite .243 round?

I've got a model 7 that I'm thinking of bringing out of the safe this year. I've killed a ton of deer with it, but haven't shot it much in recent years. As I recall, it would shoot just about any factory load sub moa.

What would y'all recommend? Is there a lighter faster round that really does well in .243? That would pique my interest.

Barnes TTSX 80 grain. Can thank Barnes later!

Federal Fusion 95 gr

100 gr Remington Core-loc.

This, if you are looking for lighter, faster, that will still bust both shoulders and keep trucking, or shoot rear to front if needed.

https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/rifle/243-win-100-gr-interlock-btsp-american-whitetail#!/

I've piled a lot of them up with this bullet, wish they still loaded it in 6mm Rem.

This^^^^^

I know it'll start WW3 to say it but my daughter shoots a model 7 243 and she's shooting
55 gr Win. Silver tips in it. It's crazy effective and has performed DRT kills at 300yds on deer and 200+ pound hogs with neck/ front shoulder shots

That definitely falls in the lighter faster answer

I shot Remington Core-loc 100 grains for awhile, and then swapped to the Hornady interlock and for some reason I started to drop more deer in there tracks. It may have just been better shot placement, but those two bullets shot great out of my 243 model 7.

Looking at the ballistics, that's exactly what I'm looking for. I'll pick up a box and see if they will shoot out of this gun.

My daughters Model 7 loves these.

95 grain Remington accutip is what my sons shoots in his 243..

Love this bullet. Killed 90ish% of my deer with it. Well... the 100grain btsp . I’m assuming that’s the same
As the whitetail version

95 gr hornady sst, they do insane amount of internal damage. Don't leave a very good blood trail but they usually fall in sight.

Ended up buying a box and taking it to the range today. Pretty pleased with them. Not quite as tight of groups as the fusions, but still sub moa. At 200 I've got it shooting 2" high, at 300 it's only about 2-3" low. Should be handy for road beds and such. Plus, I forgot how much of a pleasure that gun is to handle vs some of my heavier ones.

Is this the M7 Compact with the 18.5" barrel?

No flies on the fusion.

Yes. Shoots well and very convenient for tree stands or long walks.

I've shot a LOT of these in 95gr and it's an unbelievably devastating round.

Zeroed the kids’ in yesterday with the fusion. Cutting holes at 100yds. My 308 hates fusion but I guess this .243 loves them.