Coyotefurharvester
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500 yard coyote, need a 1/2 ish moa consistent. You will need to utilize a load development plan, best practices approach to (possibly) get to that. You will learn from your endeavor, at the least.
Help with .243 load
- Thread starter NathanA
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I dont think half is achievable with this rifle however if I could atleast get close to 1 I will be happy and will adjust to whatever range it’s capable of. I’m picking up some 95 and 87 bergers tonight aswell as 100Gr Hornady soft points to test out some loads with. Hadn’t heard overly good things about the 58s in .243 but I might take a look into those now too!
Gary in MD
Gold $$ Contributor
Those 75 grain Vmaxs are accurate and will shoot good. You just have find a load that your rifle likes. I agree with the others that a bedding job would do wonders for that rifle.
searcher
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The .243's I have (and have had) shot best with bullets in the 80'ish grain range when using IMR 4064. None of them like the heavy bullets when it came to absolute accuracy (all 1-10" factory barrels). When you get those 87 Bergers, try them with your IMR 4064 powder. I did a lot of load testing on all my rifles and don't worry about getting 2" groups. That is not uncommon when your rig doesn't like it. For varmint shooting, a few loads my rifles all liked (and those of my friends) was with RL 15 powder, shooting 58 V-Max. N-140 did well with that bullet too, but the RL 15 was crazy accurate compared to other powders tried. It wasn't till I had one rifle for 15 years that I tried that powder. Previously - I didn't think it was capable of what it did with that powder. Just need to find what yours likes. For example, Varget has a burn rate not too far from RL15 but gave 2" groups. Reloader 19 with Barnes 62 Varmint Grenades was pretty good. Those "medium burn" powders like 4064 and Reloader 15 are best with the mid-weight bullets the .243's seem to favor.
Thanks I will definitely give it a try when I get a chance. I haven’t been able to find any of the reloader powders locally unfortunately and to pay for shipping up here in Canada is usually pretty brutal so I’m kinda stuck to hogdon and imr.
searcher
Gold $$ Contributor
Yeah - seems a lot of the "R" powders are hard to get here too. You may find magic with that 4064 and the Bergers.
Like others have stated... the Sierra 85 gr BTHP Gameking (# 1530 ) is the most accurate all around .243" bullet. It works on everything from varmints to deer and target shooting.
Somewhere around 46.5 gr H-4831 SC with the 85 gr Gameking, It's as accurate as any Benchrest bullet, and you can use it on BigGame and Varmints. It's a magical combination.
If you're set on the 75 gr V-max,.. I've had great luck with a reduced load of 40 gr H-4350... You can always up the charge weight and get more velocity.
Somewhere around 46.5 gr H-4831 SC with the 85 gr Gameking, It's as accurate as any Benchrest bullet, and you can use it on BigGame and Varmints. It's a magical combination.
If you're set on the 75 gr V-max,.. I've had great luck with a reduced load of 40 gr H-4350... You can always up the charge weight and get more velocity.
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