243 reduced recoil load ideas

[Jpron]

i have a savage youth 243 rifle for my kids to hunt and shoot. My boy has out grown it and my girl started hunting this year. I make home loads for just about all my rifles. She is very hesitant shooting the loads I made for my boy. 95 gr sst with max load of h4831sc. So I bought a box of hornadys lite recoil and she can handle them. Well the box is almost gone so it’s time to load. Would any powder at a light load weight reduce recoil or are certain powders just lower recoil? I’m not so worried on fps as she probably won’t be shooting much over a couple hundred yards. Thanks

 

[someguy2800]

This would be better in the reloading forum but since we are here, if I were looking to accomplish this I would pick one of the faster burning powders listed for 243 and try the starting load listed in the manual. I would use an extruded powder as in my experience ball powders tend to like a full case, whereas extruded powders will shoot well even with air space in the case.

If you want to stick with that same 87 grain bullet I would try starting with 32 grains of RL15, or 33 grains of H4895

 

[mshootnit]

i have a savage youth 243 rifle for my kids to hunt and shoot. My boy has out grown it and my girl started hunting this year. I make home loads for just about all my rifles. She is very hesitant shooting the loads I made for my boy. 95 gr sst with max load of h4831sc. So I bought a box of hornadys lite recoil and she can handle them. Well the box is almost gone so it’s time to load. Would any powder at a light load weight reduce recoil or are certain powders just lower recoil? I’m not so worried on fps as she probably won’t be shooting much over a couple hundred yards. Thanks

87 gr. Vmax with a moderate charge of a faster powder like RL 15 , H380, Win 760 or Imr 4350

 

[Jpron]

Sorry, thought I was in reloading post

 

[RugerNo]

Hodgdon lists 4895 as a powder that is safe to be loaded as low as 60% of max recommended weight for a particular bullet That is a great accuracy powder in a 243Win. Put the bullet in the right place and it'll get the job done.

 

[the Black Spot]

I second the 4895

 

[horsey300]

H4895 with an 85 gameking, partition, or speer (this one's real soft) or any decent 90ish pill that shoots straight should so well.

 

[Hookeye]

What kind of stock does the rifle have (add a recoil reducer inside) ?

 

[Bfh_auto]

For targets, step down to a lighter bullet and use Hogdon reduced load data. Bullet weight is more important than velocity for recoil management.

 

[Rule3]

Hodgdon data reduced loads,

https://imrpowder.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/h4895-reduced-rifle-loads.pdf

https://imrpowder.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/trail-boss-reduced-loads-r_p.pdf

 

[Jpron]

Can anyone tell me load data on the 95 gr sst, can I use the h4895? It isn’t listed in my book but it’s a couple editions old , I really don’t feel like dropping $30 to see. Thanks

 

[Bfh_auto]

Can anyone tell me load data on the 95 gr sst, can I use the h4895? It isn’t listed in my book but it’s a couple editions old , I really don’t feel like dropping $30 to see. Thanks

This is a Nosler bullet. But it will be a starting point

 

[kfox]

For my 9 year old granddaughter I used 28g h4895 with a 95g SST. It shot extremely soft and was about 1-1/2 group at 100 yds. Never shot a deer with it but Hornady told me to keep the bullet above 2200fps and it would work good.

 

[IWAC]

Can anyone tell me load data on the 95 gr sst, can I use the h4895? It isn’t listed in my book but it’s a couple editions old , I really don’t feel like dropping $30 to see. Thanks

See post #10 That's the official word!