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[zr600]

Hi, I'm shooting a 22-243ai. I'm shooting 75g Amax/eldm. In formed brass with h4831sc im getting 3650 very accurately, I had them 50-75 fps faster but they shoot in the .2s at 3650 load. I don't know if you will see 3800 without destroying brass and with great accuracy. I say don't chase the numbers look for the accuracy. Even at my fire forming speeds of 3500-3550 it's a flat shooter. I had a 22-243 straight before this barrel shot same bullets 3450-3500 something great accuracy and flat. Every coyote I shot was dead right there. Had one that spun a couple times and went down. Well it was a gut shot he turned last second as I was breaking the shot. Still dropped him fairly fast, even though it wasn't the greatest impact.

 

[snox801]

Practicality has nothing to do with this endeavour haha. The .22-250 would be so boring. Only big 22 I've ever played with was a .220 swift. It was fussy haha.

Flattest shooting round I've loaded to date with a actually my .300 win mag with a 120 Barnes tac tx at 4050 fps. It's a .300 win load that shoots flatter than my .257 weatherby…so far. The 75 grain hammer could change that….I have the nerve to hope for 4400

You need a different Weatherby load. Lol
Try the 90gr absolute over a bunch of 4350.
I'm doing 4150fps with that load and a 26" tube. It's pretty fast and flat.

 

[BillLarson]

WOW....... another great thread...... I`m watching with interest......
Hopefully this thread.... and others like it with be available in archives.....

 

[fordy]

Gday
Seeing this threads destiny is set for the archives
We might as well add this to the mix

26"
R-P
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Moon=400 Kelvin
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& a night cap from down under


No fosters this time muddy we've moved on lol

Carry on I'm back in my rabbit hole now
Cheers

 

[BenelliHunter]

I don't know if it is possible as I do not own the caliber but I saw someone claiming 3800 FPS with a 22 Creedmoor the other day shooting 80 grain bullets I think. Claimed he could hold on fur to 400 yards. Has anyone actually done this?

 

[kfreeze]

I came to the same conclusion for my night rifle. I run a ar in 204. I sight in 2" high at 100 and took one at 380 holding 6" over its back. I have been thinking of doing a bolt gun in 243 AI and run 55 or 58 grn for the spots that I know they like to hold up at 350+. Its worse at night because the hard chargers are good at showing up 100 yds away in MN and I need the same thing as you want.

 

[zr600]

I don't know if it is possible as I do not own the caliber but I saw someone claiming 3800 FPS with a 22 Creedmoor the other day shooting 80 grain bullets I think. Claimed he could hold on fur to 400 yards. Has anyone actually done this?

I don't think you could get 3800 with a 22creedmoor with an 80g bullet. Proably more like a 60-65g. 80g I would think would be around 3400-3500 give or take some depending on barrel length.

 

[BillLarson]

7.5 twist 26" #4 shillen on a Tikka action. Going to run a suppressor so the 28 or 30 just seem a little too obnoxiously long haha. My buddy has a 22x55 Swede and he can get there.. bit more case capacity.

I've heard some discussions that the 243 "improved" Redding S dies may be different than "ackley imp" chambers… I'll probably order and try anyway. For my 243ai, I just used a Lee collet and shoulder bump. I can't figure a better way to neck down to .224 other than trying the S dies.

Be careful getting AI dies...... there are 2 different shoulder angles......
if you CALL them first they will advise....

 

[BrentM]

Interesting build. I was thinking about a 22-284 at one point. I settled back on the 204 running 39/40 grain at 3780 in a 20" and decided on a 6 prc with 110's around 3400-3500 if I am building something for predators for extended ranges.

 

[Calvin45]

I don't think you could get 3800 with a 22creedmoor with an 80g bullet. Proably like a 60-65g. 80g I would think would be around 3400-3500 give or take some depending on barrel length.

For sure that's nonsense unless you're running wild pressures. Peterson and ADG brass do allow a few firings at least at crazy pressure but yes it's nonsense if someone is just claiming that the .22 creed is on par with a .25-06 without adding that this is only possible with some brands of brass at ridiculous pressure

 

[Calvin45]

You need a different Weatherby load. Lol
Try the 90gr absolute over a bunch of 4350.
I'm doing 4150fps with that load and a 26" tube. It's pretty fast and flat.

We'll see. You and I have discussed this already elsewhere . I do have your data on hand. And I do also have 90 grain absolutes.

But I have 200 of the 75 hammers so I'm starting. With them as I have more of them

 

[Beefmanne]

I ran some 55gr hammers out of a stock savage 243 up to 4235 fps with SW Precision with heavy bolt lift. Backed it down a couple grains and it's pushing 4000.

 

[GLTaylor]

Uhhh, Muddy. I got over 4200 with the 55HH and a 243AI. Accuracy was back at 4163. Posted on Hammer Hunter load data.

 

[zr600]

Interesting build. I was thinking about a 22-284 at one point. I settled back on the 204 running 39/40 grain at 3780 in a 20" and decided on a 6 prc with 110's around 3400-3500 if I am building something for predators for extended ranges.

I'm seriously considering next time I need a barrel going with a 6mm short mag with a 20-22" barrel for my next coyote rifle, which would be good for deer too. I think that would be about the perfect cartridge for long range coyote hunting. I'm thinking a 90-105 bullet going fast with a can the reason for the shorter barrel.