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Which powder do y'all use for 85 gr bullets & up? Cases will be either Rem or Winchester using CCI LR primers.
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Anything 4350 to 4831-ish should be good. I've run both (IMR variety).
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Looked in tthe books last night & IMR 4831 looked good.
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Not having tried many I won't say it's best, but H4350 is really good.
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I've settled on Ramshot Hunter.
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IMR4350 always worked well for me.
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H4350 worked well for me with the 100gr bullets, but Varget always worked better with the 85gr pills in my rifles.
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For 95 and 100 grain bullets, either H4350 or an incredibly old batch of H4831 that I've got. The old long-cut H4831 has the desirable property of almost filling the case, which the other powders do not.
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I use H4350 with everything from 70 to 95gr bullets. The lighter bullets are at full case volume and this powder delivers the best velocity and accuracy of any I have tried.
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H414,IMR 4350, 4831, in that order.
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Varget for 85 gr. and under,H4831 for 95 and 100 gr.
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95-100 gr bullets, with WW brass, H4831 has been doing well for me.
I wanna try some H4350 sometime though.........
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IMR-4350 has worked for me for nearly 40 years with 100 grain Nosler Partitions, my only change was to bench rest primers when they came out.
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i use sierra 85 gr bullets and a max charge of imr 4895... it is an extreme accuracy load...
100 gr bullets i am using h4350....
70 ballistic tips and RL15
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the 70 ballistic tip in hornadys factory load is my current .243's most accurate load...
i have never achieved a handload with this rifle to beat it...
the most accurate handload achieved with this rifle is the hornady 100 btsp and 42 of h4350...
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Using Barnes TSX 85gr, H414 has been a standard powder for me and gives outstanding accuracy in several rifles so chambered. But, I've switched powders now that I have discovered Hybrid 100. Slightly improved accuracy (aggregate of three five shot groups @ 200yds) but with velocity increased 187 fps. Neat.
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For 85gr on up, I'd use IMR or Hodgdon 4350.
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For speed with 85 grain bullets, Magpro was great. I got near Weatherby velocities from it. However, out of 3 243's only one shot it well. However again, none of the 3 243's really shot much well and moved to new homes. Just for what it's worth.
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I use H4350 for 87 gr and 100 gr
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