What load for a .243

[Gonna Shoot a Wabbit]

Hi all.

 

Well am off to look at a .243 rifle at the weekend so i thought it about time i consulted the pigeonwatch faithful on re loading data.

 

Doea anyone have a load that works for them, i am thinking around the 100grn bullet weight. So if anyone has a brand that works for them?, which powder? primers?

 

I hasten to add it will be my partner in crime dead eye duck doing the loading his .223 hand loaded stuff is superb and hope to get a similar level of accuracy if possible (from the ammo anyway)

 

thanks for your help

 

GCAW

[Graham M]

I use a load of 40grns of H414 pushing a 100grn Nosler Partition set 25 thou' off the lands.

This is towards the top end so you should start out @ 38grns and work up to a load that suits your rifle.

I took this out on Saturday to zero it in at Garlands zeroing range and ended up putting a group into ½ inch at 100yds using a Harris bipod and a rear sandbag.

G.M.

Edited September 10, 2008 by Graham M

[Gonna Shoot a Wabbit]

Many thanks graham

[AndyCM]

I use a load of 40grns of H414 pushing a 100grn Nosler Partition set 25 thou' off the lands.

This is towards the top end so you should start out @ 38grns and work up to a load that suits your rifle.

I took this out on Saturday to zero it in at Garlands zeroing range and ended up putting a group into ½ inch at 100yds using a Harris bipod and a rear sandbag.

G.M.

 

I have had good results with that mix. I now use nosler 95g BT's with 42g of Reloader 22 & 10 thou off the lands. (42.5g's was marginally more accurate but a bit hot)

 

Good luck, will you be shooting the ladder ? - worth looking into

AndyCM

[Gonna Shoot a Wabbit]

thanks andy

[marky123]

hiya

Has anyone used reloder 15 for .243?

MARK

[Graham M]

A little bit fast for heavier bullets but you could use it for 55-70grn bullets. 38-40grns of powder.

Not a very good choice of powder though.

You could use H380 if you wanted something a bit faster than H414

51grns of H380 will send a 55grn bullet down range @ 3900fps……but your barrel would be very short lived with those sorts of loads.

G.M.

[sandersj89]

I will be testing my first 243 home loads later today I hope, I want a lighter bullet so have used 75grain Vmax being pushed by H414 over a remington primer out of fed brass.

 

I have made up sets of 42, 43, 44, 45 and 46grains as a starter to see how I go.

 

Will be a bit nerve wracking to pull the trigger but an experianced reloader checked everything I did and gave me loats of advice.

[ROB REYNOLDS UK]

100 GR. HDY SP Hodgdon Benchmark powder grs26.0 2.150"c.o.l 2485fps or 28.0grs 2670fps

 

 

 

http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp

Edited October 8, 2008 by ROB REYNOLDS UK

[nagantino]

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