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243 deer/pig load
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<blockquote data-quote="timkenred" data-source="post: 267952" data-attributes="member: 11153"><p>gun)<em><span style="font-size: 15px">Hi ; I've been shooting and reloading 243's since about 1974 and I believe I can put you on a good load for a 100 gr.Sierra game king but first there is a few things to consider, start out with good quality brass,I like Nosler custom brass,it is very uniform in weight and wall thickness, and full legnth resize for the first time , after 1 firing you can then neck size because you now have brass fire-formed to your chamber,I like to seat a bullet way out and try it in the gun(don't force the bolt closed) if the bolt won't close put it back in the seating die and push it in a little and so on and so forth until the bolt closes, that way your bullet is being pushed down the rifling and not jumping into it,next use a good primer I like CCI BR-2, don't forget to chamfer the case mouth also ,now after all that ramblings I have had great success with 38.5 grs. of IMR 4350 and the Sierra 100 gr. game king.I hope this has been a help .</span></em></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px"> Dave</span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timkenred, post: 267952, member: 11153"] gun)[I][SIZE=4]Hi ; I've been shooting and reloading 243's since about 1974 and I believe I can put you on a good load for a 100 gr.Sierra game king but first there is a few things to consider, start out with good quality brass,I like Nosler custom brass,it is very uniform in weight and wall thickness, and full legnth resize for the first time , after 1 firing you can then neck size because you now have brass fire-formed to your chamber,I like to seat a bullet way out and try it in the gun(don't force the bolt closed) if the bolt won't close put it back in the seating die and push it in a little and so on and so forth until the bolt closes, that way your bullet is being pushed down the rifling and not jumping into it,next use a good primer I like CCI BR-2, don't forget to chamfer the case mouth also ,now after all that ramblings I have had great success with 38.5 grs. of IMR 4350 and the Sierra 100 gr. game king.I hope this has been a help .[/SIZE][/I] [I][SIZE=4][/SIZE][/I] [I][SIZE=4] Dave[/SIZE][/I] [/QUOTE]
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