243 Winchester 70 grain bullets and Ramshot Hunter

tkeveney

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Dec 22, 2008
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Just got a new Weatherby Vanguard in .243 Win. I have looked at The load data from Ramshot.

Their Hunter powder shows some impressive velocity possibilities. Max loads at 3700 FPS +.

Has anyone tried this? Please share your experiences with either this powder, or your favorite.

I just cashed in a bunch of Cabelas points & bought 120 Hornady rounds. I need to get them emptied before I start loading, so I have a bit of time to plan the load up.

Thanks to y'all for your insight.
 
Hunter is in the burn range with the 4350s. I used to run IMR 4350 with 70 gr Nosler ballistic tips out of a Rem. 700 varmint 243 Win. Very accurate and shot VERY FLAT and was wicked on groundhogs.
 
I used the suggested hunting load out of the Sierra manual back then but I used the Nosler 70 gr BT. It was 44.6 grs IMR 4350 and this is listed as a Max load. I did not have a chrno back then but the book said that it did 3400 fps. It had been at least 25 years ago when I was shooting the 243 Win.
 
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