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Reloading
Need advice for reloading a .243
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<blockquote data-quote="boomtube" data-source="post: 502092" data-attributes="member: 9215"><p><strong>"I've read so many forums that say 100 grain bullets are OK or no an 87 grain is max for that (conventional 1:10) twist."</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Well, sadly, that kind of BS is a great part of 'web guru' advice. Fact is, a .243 in 1:10 twist works well for any common bullet weights from 100 down to 60 gr.; if there's an accuracy problem it's NOT because of the twist.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>I've had excellant deer killing service on SC/GA deep woods deer with a .243 for years using common 100 gr. cup and core bullets loaded around 2600 fps, think I like Hornady's round nose best and any one of the 4350 powders does a good job. The accuracy and penatration has been well within need out to as much as 150 yards and the recoil is quite mild. </strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boomtube, post: 502092, member: 9215"] [B]"I've read so many forums that say 100 grain bullets are OK or no an 87 grain is max for that (conventional 1:10) twist."[/B] [B]Well, sadly, that kind of BS is a great part of 'web guru' advice. Fact is, a .243 in 1:10 twist works well for any common bullet weights from 100 down to 60 gr.; if there's an accuracy problem it's NOT because of the twist.[/B] [B]I've had excellant deer killing service on SC/GA deep woods deer with a .243 for years using common 100 gr. cup and core bullets loaded around 2600 fps, think I like Hornady's round nose best and any one of the 4350 powders does a good job. The accuracy and penatration has been well within need out to as much as 150 yards and the recoil is quite mild. [/B] [/QUOTE]
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