243 loads

[NISTECH95]

Just wondering if anyone has any good loads for a 243. Im looking for a good load to yote hunt with.I'm shooting a rem. 700 with a 1 in 9 twist. Thanks

 

[boomtube]

If you get twenty responses they will all be different.

I could tell you mine but, if you actually loaded it, you would only be loading for my rifle. You may as well pick a 100 gr. bullet, take a look at your manual to choose an effective powder and start developing what shoots in YOUR rifle, not ours.

 

[7 loader]

My wife loads 95 gr ct ballistic tips with 42 gr of rl22 and cci 200 primer. shoots sub moa groups. But boomtube is right. Thats her gun not yours. A good study she is, and it took several tries and loads from a book to get it right. Happy loadinggun)

 

[Gunpoor]

An old standby load for 243 is a 100 grain cup and core bullet loaded with 40 grains of IMR4350 and Win LRP, these usually shoot very good with the bullet seated all the way to the rifling.

 

[johnnyk]

Each rifle is definately different but I have used a load that has worked very good in at least three .243's. It's the 85 - 90gn bullet range ahead of 44.0gn of IMR4831. I have used 85gn HP's, 87gn VMax's, 90gn FMJ's and 90gn Ballistic Tips and accuracy has been sub 1/2" with each. I vary the powder charge +/- .5gn to find the sweet spot and I have always used CCI BR2 primers.
Right now I'm shooting the 95gn Ballistic Tip in front of 44.0gn of VihtVuori N560 and the BR2. The first load I shot with this combo, literally the first three bullets, was in the low .2's. I like load development like that! Hope these work for you. JohnnyK.

 

[roninflag]

37.5 of I4064 and 85 sierra bthp