Thread: .243 POWDERS

Originally Posted by Blackmac

Thanks @ Thar, my 8 year old son has claimed the rifle. He shot his first deer with it when he was 5 and his first bull last year.
I load it back a bit to around 3000 with 85 gr serrias so recoil is light and he's knocked over 30 odd deer with it.
Magic wee gun��

That's wonderful to hear and warms my heart. Not many of those Micro Brownings around.
I shot a 13" Bull with it and a few other so its well attuned to Tahr.

Originally Posted by GWH

44gr of H414 or W760 with a 85-87gr, is the ducks nuts in two 243's i load for. Fine tune the seating depth to suit the barrel of course

I use win 760/H414 too. Got good groups and sounded like decent speeds. still have a decent amount of factory ammo so am yet to use it

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

I use win 760/H414 too. Got good groups and sounded like decent speeds. still have a decent amount of factory ammo so am yet to use it

It can shoot seriously good groups, I brought an old rebarreled Rem Mod 7 from a mates estate, he had alot of awesome hunting history with it, i had hunted with him a few times and knew his love for it, and knew he was a good fussy handloader, it came with a few remaining handloads which i tested in it, it shot under a 1 inch group at 300 yards. I didnt know what the powder charge or bullet was, so i pulled one apart (after measuring the coal) and reverse-engineered it, 85gr Sierra HPBT with 44gr of H414, at whatever the coal was (i have it recorded). I loaded some more up and bingo! Its a good powder, you either love or hate ball powder, it doesnt bother me.

Yeah the micro is a handy size, we are very lucky to end up with it. That's good going with bulls��

Originally Posted by Blackmac

I use 43gr of RL 17 in @Tahrs old xbolt with sierra 90 and 85 gr bullets. 3100 - 3200 off memory

Where do you buy RL 17. Had some and loaded up a few rounds. Nice powder.

Originally Posted by TeRei

Where do you buy RL 17. Had some and loaded up a few rounds. Nice powder.

no where now bro , gun shitty used to............

Originally Posted by ANTSMAN

no where now bro , gun shitty used to............

Emailed Steves Wholesale. Future might be bright. Who knows. It has performed. So keen to use it.

H414 / W760 work well for me in my 2x 243's for my 70-87gr projectiles. reloading data shows they are good for a range of weights from 65-95gr.
for heavy bullets in my custom 243 I have used W780 (now obsolete) currently use RL26.

the Hodgdon reloading web site is great. they have a good range of loads from 55gr @ >4000fps up to 115 gr @ 2960fps.
Z

Originally Posted by ZQLewis

H414 / W760 work well for me in my 2x 243's for my 70-87gr projectiles. reloading data shows they are good for a range of weights from 65-95gr.
for heavy bullets in my custom 243 I have used W780 (now obsolete) currently use RL26.

the Hodgdon reloading web site is great. they have a good range of loads from 55gr @ >4000fps up to 115 gr @ 2960fps.
Z

For heavy bullets in 243 (ie 100gr) IMR7828ssc also produces good velocity, even in short barrels

I bought off a guy Nelson about 8 years ago for my 300wsm who run a small hunting equipment online shop.
He no longer operates due to his health. Yeah great powder