.243 Whats the best powder

[redthunder 0]

Hi can you tell me what powders you find good for reloading .243 100 g soft points ?? I only use 58grain hornady v max tips and i load them with Varget powder 43.5 grains thats the best load in my tikka for touching goups at 100 yards i only use them for foxing and the odd long range rabbit to check the zero im going stalking next week i dont like the B.T tip for deer cheers.

[kernel gadaffi 0]

H4350

[riohog 5,621]

70 to 100gn......H 414

[mattydski 560]

The most accurate load I get with 100gr soft point to date was 44gr N160

But it will vary rifle to rifle

[SNAP SHOT 194]

n160 is a good powder for the total weight range of the .243 win. you won't get the velocity of the varget in the 58g v-max though....

 

ATB.

 

Snap.

[dicehorn 38]

......... im going stalking next week i dont like the B.T tip for deer cheers.

 

To find the right powder and bullet combination that will shoot well in your rifle in just one week is a bit of a tall order

 

As already said both N160 and H414 are both good powders for the 243, but to shoot the heavier heads you will have to ensure that you have a 1 : 9 twist at least

[jackg 7]

The most accurate load I get with 100gr soft point to date was 44gr N160

But it will vary rifle to rifle

 

I use Vit160, but I 44gr for Vmax 87gr for 3100FPS so for 100gr is a hot load IMO.