243--86 Grain E-Tips

[Alderman]

I put together a load with IMR 4831 and some 86 grain Nosler E-Tips.
First result was a bit disappointing.

Tried a bit of Reloader 17 and got the following. While not a stellar group, they are hitting close to where I want to be on paper and I hope further testing shows more of the same.

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[norman_brown]

My favorite powder for 85/90 grain Etip and accubonds is imr 4350, give it a try

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[Guy Miner]

They ought to be terrific on game! So... mess with the seating depth and powder charge, see if a good load appears...

Guy

 

[baltz526]

On the 90gr etip I found .030 off lands was the sweet spot. 2.700" in my rifle using H414/w760 at 42gr also gave best velocity over other powders. 250fps faster than max loads of H4350

 

[Alderman]

I was thinking they might like more jump than .030. Thus my short OAL.
I will have to try some seated out a bit further.

For the first try with Reloader 17 I was happy to get them in the green.


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[Guy Miner]

On the 90gr etip I found .030 off lands was the sweet spot. 2.700" in my rifle using H414/w760 at 42gr also gave best velocity over other powders. 250fps faster than max loads of H4350

250 fps is quite an increase in velocity!

 

[mwess1113]

Try some Ramshot Hunter.


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[SJB358]

I seem to be doing decent between .050 and .1 with the few ETips I've been working with. I have to admit it does take some finagling but once you find where they wanna be they are slick little bullets.

 

[desertcj]

I have had good results with IMR 7828ssc as well as Superformance. My rifle also loves H4350, but it is a very popular powder and hard to find at times. My advice would be to try a few different powders before tweaking seating depth but there are different methods to finding an accurate load.

 

[JD338]

Try IMR4350 and seat them.100" off the lands,

JD338

 

[sockeye]

Just an FYI, Iv'e tried many common powders in my .243 Apex and by far, Hybrid 100v is the most accurate and gives the best velocity.

 

[Silent Sam]

I too would also look to a faster powder in the I4350/W760 range for that bullet weight.

 

[norman_brown]

I use 4350 for 90gr accubonds and they shoot great..

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[BretN]

Keep us posted on how this load develops. I keep meaning to buy a few bags of those 86 gr Etips that SPS has on sale. Looks like a good bullet. Thanks. Bret

 

[Partisan]

Got some loaded over IMR4451. Haven't tried them yet. Will Report back...
BTW: The ones I received from SPS were labeled "F-Tip". So was the box they came in.
The tips I thought were black are actually very, very, dark green. ???