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anybody got any load data for a 22-243 win with 75gr Amaxs?

What kind of terminal performance did you get?

48gr Rel 25. Fed 210. 2.750 Oal. Lapua brass. Got right at 3500fps at 4500'asl.

DakotaDeer the holes in either side of the rib cage were half dollar sized, exit in the hide was pinhole. Blood trail wasn't much but she only went 40 yards.

If I was building a 22-243 i would look at the 6mm SLR. It is a 243 with the shoulder pushed back and a longer throat. This seems idea to me. Still has 95% of the case capacity of the original 243 but a couple of other features that have proven beneficial. sharper shoulder angle and longer neck.

Long necks are bad, not good. Yer goin the wrong way with that one. Makeing ammo becomes MUCH more difficult and time consuming as well with no benefits.

Having played with a number of hotrod 224's including more than one each of 22-250AI, 22-6mm and both versions of the Cheetah I am now persuaded that a plain vanilla 22-243 is high capacity 224 nirvannah.

I could not disagree with you more.

That is one of the thngs that make this place so great. Fun to banter and wring out differing idea's. Short necks for minimal contact with the bullet (Better accuracy with less contact)and more powder capacity make for a win win in my view. Loading a bullet down into the case shoulder area or case body is no big deal to me and in 90% of the cases even the short necks are long enough for most of the bullets we use. I am getting ready to take a rifle that is now a 7mm Remington Magnum and open up the chamber to either 7mm MAsburn Super or the nearly identical 7mm/300 WinMAg. Both have lots of room for propellant and itty bitty chort necks. LUV em! My wildcat 340 Tyrannosaur is basically a 340 Weatherby with the shoulder blown forward to give more room for more powder and a shorter neck for better accuracy. No problems with bullets coming loose even with the very long 225gr Barnes TTSX slugs either over here or in Africa and up in Alaska. Running those 225gr all copper slugs out at 3100fps with a MILD, accurate load and man alive do it ever put the STOMP on stuff Completely eviscerated a warthog with it on one trip with a fronal shot and it puts 2000+ pound eland bulls and tough zebra stallions right on thier arse. Faster is almost always better.

Why do you like longer cartridge necks? Or less powder capacities?

You're making my heart flutter.

Hmmmm... a 60gr V MAx at 4,000 would be a reach out and TOUCH something load fer sher!