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It seems to have gotten better in the last 5 or 6 years... it's not as soft as it used to be. We do reload it with good results. Just don't over load it. :)

the darnedest thing... We have a client who brought his hunting weight 30-06 to the long range class (which we do encourage, by the way), and he had handloads of 48.5 grains of IMR 4064, with Hornady 165 grain SST bullets. He was shooting the rifle amazingly well, and vertical in the groups...

That should put you close to a node... maybe try 45.2 in the Lapua brass next time out as well.

Try 45.6 grains of IMR 4895 and 155's... that's in Winchester brass. If you're using Nosler brass (which appears to be weight sorted Norma), then use 45.2 grains. Let us know how it does. :)

I'm still trying to decide what to believe about the .243's effectiveness on deer. Deer in our part of the country are generally 120 to 160 pounds. Guys sort of fall into one of two categories. The ones who use the .243 routinely claim never to have had a failure on a deer. One entire family...