Finally Tried Some IMR3031....
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.
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Nos70BT_3031_Nov13 by 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:
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Nos70BT_4895_1_Nov13 by beartooth91, on Flickr
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Nos70BT_4895_2_Nov13 by beartooth91, on Flickr
Checking my records; earlier this year, I shot the same load as today's second group, so, this was a verification:
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Nos70BT_4895_7-Feb-13 by 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).....
