Best Hodgdon Powder for .243/75 grain v-max combo

[kneedrg]

Hello all. I'm new here. Got back into the 6mm club with my Savage .243. I had a good run with the 25-06 as my varmint gun but I decided to switch back.

Does anyone have good, accurate loads with Hodgdon Powders for the 75 grain V-Max? I've got some left over Varget, but I'm not sure it's the best for my groundhog shooting application. Any ideas, suggestions or data would be appreciated. I'm looking for accuracy mainly. 100 fps doesn't matter much to me. My first long range gun was/is a Sharps rifle in 45-120 so I'm used to lobbing the long shots.

 

[Mikem]

I'm sure Varget is listed in your books, and thats where I would start. I'm not shooting a 243, but in my 6BR with 80g Bergers, it loves 30.5g of Varget. So I would give Varget a try.
Mike.

 

[mattri]

40grns of IMR4064 with CCI 200s would do .5 out of a 9.25 22" for me.

 

[camac]

I use ADI2208 (VArget)) mainly because I have big tins of the stuff but goes quite well in 243.
I find 39-40 grains (batch dependant and Lapua brass) pushes them along nicely (around 3550) in my 26 inch barrel.
Start around 37 grains and work up. also try different seating depths. I have had a different response in a few different barrels.
I now use the 70 grain noslers or blitzkings though (in both 6br 12 twist and 243.) I get a little better result although all very good.