|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 17,433
Campfire Ranger
|
OP
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 17,433 |
I need something that will shoot good in my Savage 9.25 twist bull barrel.
“Live free or die. Death is not the worst of evils.” - General John Stark.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 28,277
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 28,277 |
70 NBT or 75 Vmax, try em both and see what perks. 70 TNT will perk as well.
Dober
"True respect starts with the way you treat others, and it is earned over a lifetime of demonstrating kindness, honor and dignity"....Tony Dungy
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 17,433
Campfire Ranger
|
OP
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 17,433 |
Dober,
I have 600 of the 70 Hornady SPs, so I need to use them up fire forming for my AI and doing double duty as a varmint round.
I've settled on using H414, a skosh over book and I'll see what happens.
Still haven't had time to try the 308 bullets you sent to me for the Montana.
“Live free or die. Death is not the worst of evils.” - General John Stark.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 7,202 Likes: 1
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 7,202 Likes: 1 |
44.5g of H414 with a Fed 210, bullet seated touching the lands
45.5g of H4350 with a win primer, go up to 47.0g, see what it likes
39.5g of IMR 4350 with a Fed 210
These have been some of my loads in a Rem 700.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 28,277
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 28,277 |
Oops sorry about that, thought I was missing something..grin I'd suggest using the 70 Horn sp... Dober
"True respect starts with the way you treat others, and it is earned over a lifetime of demonstrating kindness, honor and dignity"....Tony Dungy
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 1,706
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 1,706 |
I need something that will shoot good in my Savage 9.25 twist bull barrel. Its been a few years since I shot 243 Win but the "club" load was 39.5 grs IMR 4895 with a 70 gr SMK or Nosler BT. This load shot well under MOA in 7-8 different 243 Win rifles. I never clocked this load but guess the MV was 3300ish from a 22" barrel. I used it in a M70 XTR and shot many groups that went under .5" The Hornady 70 SPX was awesome on woodchucks. I recall only 2-3 bullets exiting, the rest stayed inside them. JD338
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 1,970
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 1,970 |
i've got a husky 243 that loves 38,1 gr of 4064 with a 70 gr. bullet.
Ed
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 12,534
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 12,534 |
That was one helluva bullet. I shot it in a 6BR, until Hornady discontinued it. Once they did that, I sold the BR.I REALLY liked that bullet.
The 65 Vmax just didnt' shoot as well in that rifle, and the rifle just wasn't the same with the plastic-tipped stuff.It had to go.
You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 60,170 Likes: 17
Campfire Kahuna
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 60,170 Likes: 17 |
A load that's shot really well in a couple of .243's is 41.0 grains of Varget. It's both fast and accurate.
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 17,433
Campfire Ranger
|
OP
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 17,433 |
A load that's shot really well in a couple of .243's is 41.0 grains of Varget. It's both fast and accurate. John, What's the OAL on that load?
“Live free or die. Death is not the worst of evils.” - General John Stark.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 60,170 Likes: 17
Campfire Kahuna
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 60,170 Likes: 17 |
Depends on the individual rifle's chamber. I usually just seat 'em about .03" from the lands and see what happens.
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 17,433
Campfire Ranger
|
OP
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 17,433 |
“Live free or die. Death is not the worst of evils.” - General John Stark.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 3,209
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 3,209 |
I'm a bit higher than MD with the varget but then the 70 gr. TNT I use has a short bearing surface. I'm getting just over 3400 in a 22" M70. Speer I think it is goes to 42 gr. with the 70s.
Last edited by Ole_270; 03/10/12.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 17,433
Campfire Ranger
|
OP
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 17,433 |
Well, The 24"Savage bull barrel TMR rechambered to 243 AI for me seems to like 47.0 H414, 70 Hornady spire point, WLR primer, Win 243 cases @ 2.615 inched OAL as a fireforming load. I think I'll load a few hundred of these for shooting varmints this weekend. Three shot group from yesterday at 100 yards:
“Live free or die. Death is not the worst of evils.” - General John Stark.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 12
New Member
|
New Member
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 12 |
I've used 47grains of H4350 and the Speer TNT on foxes many, many times. The accuracy is superb and the destruction is spectacular. Furthest shot i've taken with this combo while lamping foxes was at 300yds. That TNT left a hole so large on that fox you could have thrown a brick through it. I can't endorse that sort of performance enough.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 42,845 Likes: 6
Campfire 'Bwana
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 42,845 Likes: 6 |
Well, The 24"Savage bull barrel TMR rechambered to 243 AI for me seems to like 47.0 H414, 70 Hornady spire point, WLR primer, Win 243 cases @ 2.615 inched OAL as a fireforming load. I think I'll load a few hundred of these for shooting varmints this weekend. Three shot group from yesterday at 100 yards: I run 47.5 grains of H 414 with a 75 grain HP, and get similar results...small tight groups like that... same with Speer 70 grain TNTs...
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 3,133
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 3,133 |
I shoot the 70 gr Sierra Blitzking over 40 gr of Varget. Tiny groups out of my T-3 Lite Tikka. 75 gr V-Max is almost as good.
�That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.� George Orwell
|
|
|
|
137 members (300_savage, 10gaugemag, 257_X_50, 29aholic, 1beaver_shooter, 1minute, 17 invisible),
1,576
guests, and
884
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,192,863
Posts18,497,203
Members73,979
|
Most Online11,491 Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|