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Load Development Ruger Precision Rifle .243
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<blockquote data-quote="RonS" data-source="post: 1391478" data-attributes="member: 68613"><p>I've extended the throat on my 223 1:7 twist bolt gun to seat 90 grain bullets and on my 308 1:8 twist barrel to seat 230 grain bullets. That 308 barrel also fits this RPR. It's pretty simple. The PTG reamers are piloted and designed to work with a T handle or a lathe. You don't want to do this operation on a lathe (at least I wouldn't). Light touch by hand and feel it. Cut a little, clean, measure, repeat until you've got the throat you want. Use a high quality cutting oil as you're cutting. If you have a bore scope, you can how it creates uniform lands as the throat extends. Really cleans up a factory barrel. If the barrel was chambered straight and centered correctly. Not much you can do if chamber or the bore itself is Fubared.</p><p></p><p>Have not tried the 107's. I want this to be a DTAC gun. If I have trouble with them I'll start trying other bullets but at this point, it looks like it has promise. Got a batch of 20 each of the above loads loaded and ready to do some more testing to see if the SD numbers stabilize.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonS, post: 1391478, member: 68613"] I've extended the throat on my 223 1:7 twist bolt gun to seat 90 grain bullets and on my 308 1:8 twist barrel to seat 230 grain bullets. That 308 barrel also fits this RPR. It's pretty simple. The PTG reamers are piloted and designed to work with a T handle or a lathe. You don't want to do this operation on a lathe (at least I wouldn't). Light touch by hand and feel it. Cut a little, clean, measure, repeat until you've got the throat you want. Use a high quality cutting oil as you're cutting. If you have a bore scope, you can how it creates uniform lands as the throat extends. Really cleans up a factory barrel. If the barrel was chambered straight and centered correctly. Not much you can do if chamber or the bore itself is Fubared. Have not tried the 107's. I want this to be a DTAC gun. If I have trouble with them I'll start trying other bullets but at this point, it looks like it has promise. Got a batch of 20 each of the above loads loaded and ready to do some more testing to see if the SD numbers stabilize. [/QUOTE]
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