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Re: Recommendations for a ball powder to use in .243? plainsman456 #5181580 04/25/11
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 227 Oregon just north of the PRK woody1 Campfire Member
woody1 Campfire Member Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 227 Oregon just north of the PRK	H-380 & H-414 is all I've ever used. They've worked for me from varmints to elk. Regards, Woody P.S. - Yeah, I know, you can't kill an elk with anything less than a .338 Extrysplattinloudenbanger! Take a kid along.

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Re: Recommendations for a ball powder to use in .243? woody1 #5182007 04/25/11
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 17,527 Colorado D dogcatcher223 Campfire Ranger
dogcatcher223 Campfire Ranger D Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 17,527 Colorado	Used H380 for the lighter bullets. I love ball powder for the ease of loading, but it gets screwy in hot weather...

Re: Recommendations for a ball powder to use in .243? dogcatcher223 #5182750 04/26/11
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,245 Likes: 31 Banana Belt, Montana M Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna
Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,245 Likes: 31 Banana Belt, Montana	Ramshot ball powders are pretty good in hot weather, and also burn very cleanly. Big Game is best with lighter bullets in the .243, Hunter with heavier bullets. “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck

Re: Recommendations for a ball powder to use in .243? Mule Deer #5182773 04/26/11
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 11,631 Likes: 9 lawrence county MO L ldholton Campfire Outfitter
ldholton Campfire Outfitter L Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 11,631 Likes: 9 lawrence county MO	i would vote hunter with heaverier and 760/414 with lighter

Re: Recommendations for a ball powder to use in .243? Mule Deer #5183050 04/26/11
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 17,527 Colorado D dogcatcher223 Campfire Ranger
dogcatcher223 Campfire Ranger D Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 17,527 Colorado	Originally Posted by Mule Deer Ramshot ball powders are pretty good in hot weather, and also burn very cleanly. Big Game is best with lighter bullets in the .243, Hunter with heavier bullets. Good to know. Are all Ramshot powders "ball"? I would like to switch over if so. That is my only gripe with 380 and 760 is the temperature effects.

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