Hunting
243 Ballistics Chart: 12 Factory Loads, 100 to 500 Yards
Drop, energy and wind drift for 12 .243 Winchester factory loads from 58 to 100 grains, on a 200-yard and a 100-yard zero, built on each maker's own published number...
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