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Forget '500 yard maybe 600 yards' shots with any 6mm. Not enough energy past 300 and they drop like bricks between 300 and 400.
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I'm not buying that one bit. Depending on bullet the 243 remains super sonic beyond 1400 yards.
You pick the right bullet, you're not limited to short range. For example, my wife shoots 87 Berger's in her 243. According to the Berger engs. their bullets need to have a remaining velocity on target of 1800 fps to work.
In my wife's load, that's 800 yards, well beyond the 400-500 yards.
I've seen too many good 1000 yard scores with 243s to say they aren't a long range round.
That same load drops 262 inches at 1000 yards, my target 308 drops 284, both with a 100 yard zero.