beartooth91
11-07-2013, 06:17 PM
Now that the summer high country fishing season is over, I've been trying to punch a little paper. Took the .243 out, today, and shot some loads behind the Nosler 70 grn BT, a bullet with which this Savage .243 is quite finicky about (It shoots the Nos 80 BT and the Hdy 75 V-Max quite well.). First group was with some recently purchased IMR3031.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7346/10731954795_30afa0798a_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/beartooth91/10731954795/)
Nos70BT_3031_Nov13 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/beartooth91/10731954795/) by beartooth91 (http://www.flickr.com/people/beartooth91/), on Flickr
Have read that IMR3031 shoots well, with the lighter bullets in the 243, but, this was a bit much.....! Second and third groups were incremental loads of IMR4895:
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5527/10732045806_bc78c9614e_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/beartooth91/10732045806/)
Nos70BT_4895_1_Nov13 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/beartooth91/10732045806/) by beartooth91 (http://www.flickr.com/people/beartooth91/), on Flickr
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5504/10732043016_6685e5011c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/beartooth91/10732043016/)
Nos70BT_4895_2_Nov13 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/beartooth91/10732043016/) by beartooth91 (http://www.flickr.com/people/beartooth91/), on Flickr
Checking my records; earlier this year, I shot the same load as today's second group, so, this was a verification:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3705/10732080034_b5ee5fcf76_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/beartooth91/10732080034/)
Nos70BT_4895_7-Feb-13 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/beartooth91/10732080034/) by beartooth91 (http://www.flickr.com/people/beartooth91/), on Flickr
So, I'll keep playing with the 4895 version and see if I can get it to shoot, also.
My new, fast-twist, 22-250 didn't turn in a stellar performance. It seems finicky with the lighter bullets.
Finally, I went to pull the trigger on my dream rifle, at Grab-A-Gun - a heavy-barreled .243 varminter (Savage 12 LPV) and ended up getting a Howa Laminated Varminter, in a .243. It was $147 less. This will be my first non-Savage rifle. My wife procured the .243 sporter (the one I shot the above groups with).....
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7346/10731954795_30afa0798a_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/beartooth91/10731954795/)
Nos70BT_3031_Nov13 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/beartooth91/10731954795/) by beartooth91 (http://www.flickr.com/people/beartooth91/), on Flickr
Have read that IMR3031 shoots well, with the lighter bullets in the 243, but, this was a bit much.....! Second and third groups were incremental loads of IMR4895:
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5527/10732045806_bc78c9614e_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/beartooth91/10732045806/)
Nos70BT_4895_1_Nov13 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/beartooth91/10732045806/) by beartooth91 (http://www.flickr.com/people/beartooth91/), on Flickr
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5504/10732043016_6685e5011c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/beartooth91/10732043016/)
Nos70BT_4895_2_Nov13 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/beartooth91/10732043016/) by beartooth91 (http://www.flickr.com/people/beartooth91/), on Flickr
Checking my records; earlier this year, I shot the same load as today's second group, so, this was a verification:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3705/10732080034_b5ee5fcf76_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/beartooth91/10732080034/)
Nos70BT_4895_7-Feb-13 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/beartooth91/10732080034/) by beartooth91 (http://www.flickr.com/people/beartooth91/), on Flickr
So, I'll keep playing with the 4895 version and see if I can get it to shoot, also.
My new, fast-twist, 22-250 didn't turn in a stellar performance. It seems finicky with the lighter bullets.
Finally, I went to pull the trigger on my dream rifle, at Grab-A-Gun - a heavy-barreled .243 varminter (Savage 12 LPV) and ended up getting a Howa Laminated Varminter, in a .243. It was $147 less. This will be my first non-Savage rifle. My wife procured the .243 sporter (the one I shot the above groups with).....