While having done a lot of work with Blue Dot, to included the beloved 06.. seafire jr is hunting this season ( at 14 yrs old) with an 06 for the first time.. last season he used a 243 with 21 grains of Blue Dot and a 100 grain Rem Corelokt...
The rifle is an ABolt with a synthetic stock... after taking him out and letting him shoot a lot of powder and bullet combos, he seemed to like the 25 grains of SR 4759 and 125 grain Ballistic Tip the best, so that is what he is going to be carrying this season..
haven't had a chance to chronograph it yet for the MV...
the Blue Dot load was a little more accurate, but the SR 4759 was certainly more than Minute of deer out past 200 yds..
also tried 4198, 5744, RL7, 2400, H 4895... he liked the SR 4759 one, because it seemed to have the least amount of recoil to him...
any reduced load rounds are safe, if you can use a powder scale and ALWAYS seat the bullet before moving onto the next case....
and don't let the wife disrupt you when you are reloading with the usual " oh honey can you help me with this, it will only take a minute..." wives and reloading don't go very well together, because they just don't get it that you can't drop what you are doing in the middle of it...then they get all pissed off if you don't...
