Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Hunting
Long Range Hunting & Shooting
Load Development Ruger Precision Rifle .243
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="RonS" data-source="post: 1318710" data-attributes="member: 68613"><p>I've got the 30 inch 308 barrel shooting now. Went with 215 heavies as I was having some trouble with the 230's. Was having trouble with the 215's as well but they have a bit less bearing surface so the hope was higher velocities. I was beginning to wonder if this barrel would shoot. My best load was shooting about an 1 MOA. Not good enough for competition. Then a friend of mine texted me on the way to the range to do some final testing. He was having the same trouble shooting 210's in a custom built Pierce action rifle. He talked to another guy who has been successfully shooting heavies for a while. Found out that the secret was free recoil (shooting off an F Class bipod with a quality rear bag). He tried it and was shocked. I tried it and I was shocked. From 1 MOA to a 1/2 MOA one hole group. Repeated it several times. Running at 2524 fps it'll have roughly the wind drift of a 6.5. I'm ready for the 1000 yard match this coming weekend.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes it is the arrow, sometimes it is the Indian. This time it was the Indian and this Indian has no problem shooting other calibers without free recoil into 1/4 MOA but these heavies are a different animal.</p><p></p><p>As far as the 243 barrel, it's sitting in a locker in my shop. I may pull it out again someday but I've always had trouble getting 6mm's to shoot worth a darn and I'm a bit put off by them. I will say that the RPR 243 barrel shot way better than a Remington 700 SPS Varmint in 243 that I sent down the road a couple of years ago. That thing would not shoot better than 2 MOA with factory loads. I called Remington and asked them what kind of varmints the rifle was designed to shoot, horses inside 200 yards? After 6 months of load development, a new trigger, a new stock, bedding the action and lapping the barrel I got it to shoot 1 MOA. I hear that the guy who bought from the pawn shop I traded it to thinks it's a tack driver with the 50 dollar Simmons scope he mounted on it. We all have different standards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonS, post: 1318710, member: 68613"] I've got the 30 inch 308 barrel shooting now. Went with 215 heavies as I was having some trouble with the 230's. Was having trouble with the 215's as well but they have a bit less bearing surface so the hope was higher velocities. I was beginning to wonder if this barrel would shoot. My best load was shooting about an 1 MOA. Not good enough for competition. Then a friend of mine texted me on the way to the range to do some final testing. He was having the same trouble shooting 210's in a custom built Pierce action rifle. He talked to another guy who has been successfully shooting heavies for a while. Found out that the secret was free recoil (shooting off an F Class bipod with a quality rear bag). He tried it and was shocked. I tried it and I was shocked. From 1 MOA to a 1/2 MOA one hole group. Repeated it several times. Running at 2524 fps it'll have roughly the wind drift of a 6.5. I'm ready for the 1000 yard match this coming weekend. Sometimes it is the arrow, sometimes it is the Indian. This time it was the Indian and this Indian has no problem shooting other calibers without free recoil into 1/4 MOA but these heavies are a different animal. As far as the 243 barrel, it's sitting in a locker in my shop. I may pull it out again someday but I've always had trouble getting 6mm's to shoot worth a darn and I'm a bit put off by them. I will say that the RPR 243 barrel shot way better than a Remington 700 SPS Varmint in 243 that I sent down the road a couple of years ago. That thing would not shoot better than 2 MOA with factory loads. I called Remington and asked them what kind of varmints the rifle was designed to shoot, horses inside 200 yards? After 6 months of load development, a new trigger, a new stock, bedding the action and lapping the barrel I got it to shoot 1 MOA. I hear that the guy who bought from the pawn shop I traded it to thinks it's a tack driver with the 50 dollar Simmons scope he mounted on it. We all have different standards. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Hunting
Long Range Hunting & Shooting
Load Development Ruger Precision Rifle .243
Top