243 Ammo

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Duck51

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I have recently started shooting a Remington 700 with a Shaw barrel. It is 243 caliber with 1 in 10 twist. A friend has given me some 243 ammo he reloaded. It is loaded with 33.5 grains of Reloader 15 powder, 87 grain Hornady V Max bullet, and Federal 210 primers. The seated length is 2.675 and estimated at 2,850 FPS. Is this good ammo for
1 in 10 twist or would I have better accuracy with a lighter bullet? Thanks!
 
You won't know until you shoot it.
Personal i would be careful shooting ammo loaded by someone else and worked up for a different gun than the one you have unless it is a very light charge for bullet weight.
 
That charge weight is low, low charge weights can be just as much problem as over max charge weights. I would be reluctant to risk damage or injury using anothers ammo.
 
Hornady 10th edition manual shows that load to be right at what you listed, pretty much in the middle of the range. I use IMR 4064 for all my 243 loads, very similar burn rate to RL-15. I would try them out and see what you got.
 
One of my favorite rifles and caliber over the past several years is my Tikka T3X Super Lite in 243 Win. I developed a load using IMR 4064 and the Barnes 80 gr TTSX bullet. Barnes sells this same caliber/bullet combination in their Vor-Tex factory ammunition. After settling on the load I am using now, it it running about 50 fps faster (chronographed at the range) than the published fps for the factory load.
It is a great load and bullet weight for anything from coyotes to deer size game. We get a lot of wind here in the winter so I like that it bucks the wind better than my smaller varmint calibers.
 
WyoBull said:
One of my favorite rifles and caliber over the past several years is my Tikka T3X Super Lite in 243 Win. I developed a load using IMR 4064 and the Barnes 80 gr TTSX bullet. Barnes sells this same caliber/bullet combination in their Vor-Tex factory ammunition. After settling on the load I am using now, it it running about 50 fps faster (chronographed at the range) than the published fps for the factory load.
It is a great load and bullet weight for anything from coyotes to deer size game. We get a lot of wind here in the winter so I like that it bucks the wind better than my smaller varmint calibers.
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I had never owned a 243, I got interested in it after selling my 22-250. I got a Savage 10 and loaded some 95 gr SSTs and got the scope set. My dad wanted to shoot it so we sit up a target @ 100 yds and he proceeds to clover leaf a 3 shot group. He offered me $100 for the rifle. I politely declined. Taken many deer and coyotes since with it.
 
Turkish Donkey said:
I had never owned a 243, I got interested in it after selling my 22-250. I got a Savage 10 and loaded some 95 gr SSTs and got the scope set. My dad wanted to shoot it so we sit up a target @ 100 yds and he proceeds to clover leaf a 3 shot group. He offered me $100 for the rifle. I politely declined. Taken many deer and coyotes since with it.
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The savage 243 barrels are sleepers. My axis is a shooter too, with 75gr vmax over 36.5gr varget. My best so far has been 0.75”, it may be capable of better.

Mag holds 4 so 4 shot group. Top left is part of a faster group that was nearly 2”, hole straight up was my fine aim point and dialed down 1”.
 

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The savages are definitely shooters. Duck try those 87s and see how they shoot. You can always work a load up faster but I would say try those first because they might be a bang flop load for you in that 700. Just my .02
 
Your 1x10 will stabilize a 100 fine. But if you look at the ballistic for an 85-grain or even a 90-grain, they are MUCH better. Get something in all copper and push it as fast as you can, and be amazed.
 
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