Re: Nosler 55gr BT in .243
2.650 will work if you are carefull but in field conditions will give you trouble sooner or later. Luckily my two 243s prefer them seated to 2.625 8) Even though I load them into single shots they are packaged in balk bags for shootin prairie dogs, have yet to have one come apart.
Hodgdon says you can get more speed out of H380 but H414 has proven to be a better choice.
Re: Nosler 55gr BT in .243
I've found a nice load with H414 as well, 51gr out of a 22 7/16" barrel yields about 4050 fps!! I seated them per the nosler manual, don't even try to seat them longer. These bullets are about as long as a 40gr vmax in 22cal.
Accuracy is pretty good and field proven amazing performance on prairie dogs.
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p.s. the 70gr ballistic tip is also very accurate with varget...
Re: Nosler 55gr BT in .243
My 243 loves 55 and 70gr NBT's, 85gr GM BTHP are also deadly, probably the most accurate out of the gun. VLP243
Re: Nosler 55gr BT in .243
I'm not sure of the exact OAL, but I'm loading them 0.090" off the lands, in a factory varmint barrell. I've had good results with around 43 grains of IMR 4064. Not the absolute fastest, but critters can't tell.
Re: Nosler 55gr BT in .243
I use 43gr of varget which is almost identical to the 4064 load above. They both shoot very good out of my .243 and my brothers stevens .243, would have to look for exact seating depth but it is around 1/4" inserted into the case neck.