Tinybob
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Thank you all for the help!
Nope nope nope nope and nope, my 85 powders run the 4831s h380 and now my new favorite is the 4451, I only scorch that 1000 under 95 and 100 gr pills, my primary on the 85 is Max 4451 or imr 4831, I started with the 4831SC and got gorgeous accuracy with a middle weight charge but wanted more than 2800 fps out of them. I really reckon the 1000 is just too slow, a 95 partition takes a full case, so if you HAD to use it, I'd start at the middle of a 95 gr book load, and work up with little hope, trying a 100 gr charge (47 gr) under a 95 was DISAPPOINTING shotgun style pattern, 95 used 48 gr iirc. And that got compressed with ballistic tips. The 1000 works for 95-107 gr bullets. A Max load of imr 4831 or 4451 will scoot the 85 weights out real nice into a good group. However you should start at the bottom and work up cuz I'm not going to tell anyone how to blow up their gun if something goes wrong.Anybody have any load data for H1000 and 85gr Sierra spritzer flat base? I'm using Federal brass and Winchester LR primers.
Comparing a hunting bullet to a low drag target bullet profile will show the difference quickly, the start of the ogive of the mk should be (as @LoonWulf said) in a different position on the bullet than the prohunter, even Berger vld HP bullets are much sleeker than the ballistic tips. That prohunter has a considerable amount of frontal diameter, more of a pointy round nose really, the matchking is more like a long needle on the frontal profile. Not quite as sleeked out as a vld or uld bullet, but made to cut through the air better than the prohunter by far.Sierra suggests a COAL of 2.850" for the 107gr MK. I'm touching the lands at 2.700" with a 100gr Prohunter. Will the bullet shape of the Mk not put me .150" into the rifling?
I feel no shame in saying that I'll Max out after maybe 40-60 rounds through my 300 wm but thoroughly enjoy shooting the .243 all day long!!! Glad that all worked out so well for you!Finally got to fire test loads today. Test #1 100gr Sierra spritzer flat base with H1000, using Lee data. Test#2 95gr nosler BT with H1000, using Lee data. Test#3 85gr Sierra spritzer flat base with Varget, using Sierra data. The 85 & 95 bullets were freebies, given to me by a friend. The 100gr grouped best at 47gr H1000. The 85gr grouped best at 38gr Varget. The 95gr did OK, but I'm out of those now. No pressure signs on brass. I'm seating at @ .025" off lands. Had a lot of fun shooting my new 243! Recoil is so much lighter than my 308, so I can stand to shoot a lot more. Please don't call me a wimp for that comment. Thanks again to everyone for all the help!
I'm running 55 gr btips over a midweight charge of 4166 on an old 788 18" bbl with iron sights and doing great, I wanna try varmageddon next. With the savage faster twist longer bbl, you'll have to watch velocity on varmageddon and dogtown bullets, they'll shred from too many rpms, I reckon 3200-3600 is as fast as I'd try for.yep i just ordered a savage axis left hand bolt action 243 rifle that's soon coming! so i used to load and shoot 100gr bullets in my last one and that's what i'll be shooting again! but i do want to try some light varmint bullets in the 55,58gr class just to see if it'll shoot accurately so what do ya'll think??
Not bad at all for.....what??? 600 yds??? ;p honestly though enjoy it, I've been too busy to do more than look up numbers here and there lately, so throw some more downrange for the rest of us will ya?Got out for a while and shot today. Had a great time and got a couple pics for my efforts. I feel this is great accuracy for a hunting rifle, with a barrel to hot to touch.
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Thanks to those here that advise me so much!
You bet I will! I'm totally sold on this lil 6mm pill! I'll keep tweeking here and there trying for better. Thanks for the encouragement!Not bad at all for.....what??? 600 yds??? ;p honestly though enjoy it, I've been too busy to do more than look up numbers here and there lately, so throw some more downrange for the rest of us will ya?
nice that's what I have wanted forever, a place out in the country!!Sorry everyone that was at 100yrds. I got back behind my house last week and cut myself a longer shooting lane. It's nice to be able to shoot at home!