Steyr Mannlicher

[shropshire dan 467]

Just put a deposit on a steyr mannlicher pro hunter .243 topped with a schmidt and bender 8x56 Hungarian. Well happy

[riohog 5,930]

i had a mannlicher in 243 for over 20 years and it still shot 1/2" groups when i sold it

[shropshire dan 467]

Sounds good. He wanted a grand for the setup. Only done 100 rounds. He gave me £650 for my .22-250 setup and I gave £350 cash. Bargain

[sussex 5,803]

Yep , had a SM in 308 , beautiful rifle , couldn't bear the thought of putting a mod on it ...cashed it in to buy the tika 6.5 , shot plenty of deer with it ..

[riohog 5,930]

i got my best results with h414 powder and 87gn hornady hollow point ,but you can use 414 accross the range of bullet heads worked for me

[shropshire dan 467]

Thanks guys it's made my day. Beautiful rifle although a little heavy I don't mind. I don't reloed so will have to have a play with factory ammo.

 

Thanks

[Born Hunter 17,910]

Had a play with one in the shop yesterday. Lovely precision machined bit of kit.

[shropshire dan 467]

It is beautiful. Just trying to put some pics up

[Bigad 136]

sounds like you got a deal there bud

[shropshire dan 467]

Absolutely mate. My mate is trying to put some pics up for Me. Just got to wait now for the variation

Edited July 10, 2015 by shropshire dan

[hunter1 63]

I used to have a pro hunter in 223 cracking trigger well made and had some very good groups .

[shropshire dan 467]

Cheers Hunter1 looking forward to getting it. In fact I'm more excited about this rifle than any other firearm I've ever bought.

[Deker 3,478]

I think you will like .243 over the 22-250.

 

Frankly I have never really understood the 22-250, the .243 does everything and more that a .22-250 can, with a much wider choice of ammo at no extra money generally.

 

They are a pussycat to shoot and have a much wider field of use, as a long range fox round with the right ammo there is nothing to touch them in my view.

 

Obviously there are some areas/jobs a 22-250 must come into its own, but I run .223 and .243 and with those the 22-250 is a waste of space for me.

 

Edited July 11, 2015 by Deker

[shropshire dan 467]

Thanks Deker. I did love my .22-250 to be honest but want a do it all deer calibre. I did have a deposit on a new Ruger American but then I handled the steyr and everything changed lol. It's stunning and the scope seems nice aswel. Gutted the scope hasn't any aim points but I suppose I'll see how I get on with it.

Any tips on ammo?

wanted to try hornady 75 g btsp first aswel as the 58g superformance which has very similar ballistics to my .22-250.

[Deker 3,478]

Thanks Deker. I did love my .22-250 to be honest but want a do it all deer calibre. I did have a deposit on a new Ruger American but then I handled the steyr and everything changed lol. It's stunning and the scope seems nice aswel. Gutted the scope hasn't any aim points but I suppose I'll see how I get on with it.

Any tips on ammo?

wanted to try hornady 75 g btsp first aswel as the 58g superformance which has very similar ballistics to my .22-250.

 

It's the same old story with ammo, you will need to try a few to see what works best for your rifle and quarry.

 

My T3 .243 seems very happy with weights between 55g-90g, not so keen on 100g, but the difference it makes will not usually change the outcome of the shot. 90g PRVI SP works for me as an all rounder in the .243, that delivers 1" all day and is plenty good enough for me and field work when it is a .243 arriving. (I tend not to use more than one or two different types of ammo in rifles generally, I will tend to change calibre more than ammo if I need much difference, but I have a few to select from!)

 

Using 55-58g ammo makes it incredibly easy/gentle to shoot!