IMR 4064 is real hard to beat with 68-75s in the 243 and 6 Rem
Berger .243 Win. 68 Grain Match Target FB
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Mark W
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IMO, IMR 4064 is under rated in .243 Win and several other cartridges. I use a lot of it.
Thank you very much. It is appreciated.
Berger confirmed their load data is very conservative.
COAL is irrelevant ,,,make the ammo fit YOUR rifle,,,try the bullet just touching the lands,,(in aprox .010") or jump them ~.020" ,,,just be sure that they all touch or all jump,,,I have uses Rx-15,,H-4350,,and N-550 with great accuracy and speed,,,Federal 210 primers,,,the Rx-15 was just 'slightly more accurate,,,with all powders find the max (flat primers and sticky bolt lift )in your rifle and then back off ~1/2 grain to allow for HOT days,,use Lapua brass or .308 Lake City if you can find it,,,,,Roger
Can I see page 149 also if possible. If a problem, no worries, I appreciate how helpful you have been.
I plan to use the in two different rifles and hope to just make one load. How long would you load this particular bullet to start on the ladder tests? My 58 VMAX and 75 VMAX Loads, I am at a COAL of 2.62 and 2.65. Berger has the COAL listed at 2.71 on the page he shared.
The cartridge overall length is determined by the chamber dimensions of your particular rifles. Those links that were given in any Reloading manual or generic or what worked with their particular test rifle. You have to measure where the bullets touch the lands in your rifles and then load the cartridges so that the Bullets are seated to a length that can be chambered in both rifles which means using the shorter of the two is determined by the amount of freeboard that the Remer had that produced the individual chambers. Be sure and remember that if these are factory rifles and even different brands you may have to resize the cartridges extra small to fit into the tighter of the two chambers I understand what you're wanting to do, but I will highly recommend having one set of cartridges for each rifle. It's quite simple to load them and keep them in individual groups to assure optimum cartridge performance. The two different rifles might even have different maximum loads and the barrels might be cut rifled versus button rifle your opening up a can of worms when you're trying to load generic ammo. The two different rifles might even have different maximum loads and the barrels might be cut rifled versus button rifle your opening up a can of worms when you're trying to load generic ammo. Be sure and determine if the cartridge overall length that works best with your particular rifling and free board length will work in your magazine. If you're feeding the cartridges out of a magazine in that case, I usually have cartridges loaded to the optimum length that I single feed into the chamber for the first shot and then the succeeding second, the third and fourth shots are loaded to a generic length that will work in the magazine of your particular rifle normally the first shot is the one that counts so I have a few that I keep in the mag or in the mag well for the follow up shots once a shooting situation is over then I load one of my longer cartridges back into the chamber for the first shot at the next predator
Good points. Thank you. Need to fit in the AR10 Standard mags for
.308 Win. Mags the .243 uses.
.308 Win. Mags the .243 uses.
Oh, if you're using these in a rattle gun, you cannot run near the pressure that a bolt action rifle can endure be sure and keep the loads on the marginal side. Those loads in the Berger manual that you see are near what I was shooting in my Remington model 700 rifle and should not be used with that much pressure in your particular style of rifles and since they are feeding out of a AR 10 very likely, you will be limited by length on all of your ammo....
Correct. No bullet manufacturer (Hornady, Sierra, etc.) will recommend match target bullets for game.
Lost so many coyotes with VMAX bullets. The 25 grain Berger Match Target has been outstanding on fox the past 12 years I have used them. Stocked up. Discontinued when OBama was president and shortages required dropping less common bullets at Berger.
Lost so many coyotes with VMAX bullets. The 25 grain Berger Match Target has been outstanding on fox the past 12 years I have used them. Stocked up. Discontinued when OBama was president and shortages required dropping less common bullets at Berger.
17 Fireball with H322 and Remington 700 CDL SF LE
Are u sure? The 5.56 loads in my manuals for the AR15 I believe are at much higher pressure than the same loads in .223 Rem. May be wrong but that is my memory anyway. I shoot both in my AR15.
No problem at all. Glad i could help, many guys on here have helped me.
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In an ar10 i know if its a 308 chamber you can run high pressures unless it was chambered for 7.62x51. An ar15 chambered in 5.56x45 runs higher than .223. When it comes to a .243 i have no idea. Take bergers COAL also as not to believe. It has been fine in many of my rifles but early on when i started reloading i left coal what another manual said for 30-06 and stuck bullet in barrel trying to chamber a loaded round. I learned a lesson that day getting a live round out at home.
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