Went out today very early to beat the heat.
Took out my 243, 25-284, 223 and 22-250
Primary goal was to retest the 25-284/Retumbo/115NBT loads and my 243 Winchester FW.
Last outing my 25-284/Retumbo/115NBT.....56gr .6" 56.5gr .3" 57gr .7"
This time out 56gr .7" 56.5gr .4" 57gr .8"
Looks like 56.5gr is the sweet spot and doing 3260fps.
A couple more outings at 56.5gr to make sure this is really it.
243/Winchester Featherweight is still not shooting up to par but a few loads showed a little promise and will be tweaked to see if I can get it to come in.
Retumbo seems to be very consistent with any 100gr pills, shooting them all hunting accurate but noting to brag about.
VVN165 seems to be something else to try, Did a few test loads with so so accuracy but extreme spreads are all in the single digits.
Thanks again RiverRider for the Quickload info with VVN165.
H4831SC also seems to show promise with alright groups and good velocities.
H1000 and H4350 did terrible and are out of the test.
Everything today was with a 100NPT.
Starting to think this 243 is a candidate to get rebarreled. maybe a 6mm/284.
Already had my smith pillar and glass bed the action but it made do difference.
The 223 and 22-250 were just something to pass the time while my barrels cooled between groups.
Just did some offhand and field position practice.
Randy
Took out my 243, 25-284, 223 and 22-250
Primary goal was to retest the 25-284/Retumbo/115NBT loads and my 243 Winchester FW.
Last outing my 25-284/Retumbo/115NBT.....56gr .6" 56.5gr .3" 57gr .7"
This time out 56gr .7" 56.5gr .4" 57gr .8"
Looks like 56.5gr is the sweet spot and doing 3260fps.
A couple more outings at 56.5gr to make sure this is really it.
243/Winchester Featherweight is still not shooting up to par but a few loads showed a little promise and will be tweaked to see if I can get it to come in.
Retumbo seems to be very consistent with any 100gr pills, shooting them all hunting accurate but noting to brag about.
VVN165 seems to be something else to try, Did a few test loads with so so accuracy but extreme spreads are all in the single digits.
Thanks again RiverRider for the Quickload info with VVN165.
H4831SC also seems to show promise with alright groups and good velocities.
H1000 and H4350 did terrible and are out of the test.
Everything today was with a 100NPT.
Starting to think this 243 is a candidate to get rebarreled. maybe a 6mm/284.
Already had my smith pillar and glass bed the action but it made do difference.
The 223 and 22-250 were just something to pass the time while my barrels cooled between groups.
Just did some offhand and field position practice.
Randy
