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    .243 powder?


    whats a good powder to use in a stevens 200 .243, stock barrel 1-9.25 twist with 70 gr. sierra matchkings? i have some varget and imr 4350. I was thinking about some BLC2 or H380. gonna give the varget a try first. anyone use this bullet in a special recipe? i'm gonna use it as a dual purpose load. for paper and coyotes.

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    4064

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    Varget is a darn decent powder for the 243 using bullets on the lower half of the weight range. I have used Varget with the 58gr V-Max in my 243AI with great success and have had good results with heavier bullets too. The thing I love about Varget is that it is very resistant to temperature differences, so your hunting loads will shoot the same in December as they did in October.
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    I have had good luck with benhcmark.

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    H414 & varget is what I have been using with great results.

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    I like win 760. Never really see or hear anyone talking about it though. 25-06AI likes it too.

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    I did not try every powder for lighter bullets, but of the ones I tried Varget provided exceptional results

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    the only reason i use 4064 is because i load for 220swift, 22-250, and 243 and it works for all of them. Varget does also but it can be hard to get locally at times.

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    +1 for Win 760!!
    I prefer ball powders to stick, any day of the year.

    Remember everyone out there in TV Land, H414 IS Win760.
    I'm a firm believer in the theory that if it bleeds, I can kill it.

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    thanks for all the input fellas, i appreciate it. ;D

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    Quote Originally Posted by 82boy
    I have had good luck with benhcmark.
    i also have had very good luck with Benchmark and 70 grain pills for 243.

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    I use Varget or IMR 4895. The former because it works so well and temp stable Nf the later because o have so much of it for my M1.


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    Hi me personally as a rule of thumb, I use the powder that I can fill the case with the most powder with that weight bullet, it usually also gives the most FPS,and is easy er on the brass and barrel that's my experience any ways.

    example per hogdon
    cal bullet powder fps

    243 100 gr 40gr h4350 2973 all have about the same cup

    243 100gr 36gr h380 2770

    243 100gr 33gr 4895 2818



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    70 GR. SPR HP Hodgdon Suprform .243" 2.625" 46.0 3332 43,600 PSI 51.0C 3661 57,900 PSI
    70 GR. SPR HP Hodgdon H414 .243" 2.625" 42.0 3314 41,600 CUP 46.0 3568 49,800 CUP
    70 GR. SPR HP Winchester 760 .243" 2.625" 42.0 3314 41,600 CUP 46.0 3568 49,800 CUP
    70 GR. SPR HP IMR IMR 4007 SSC .243" 2.625" 43.7 3320 46,200 CUP 46.5 3515 50,900 CUP
    70 GR. SPR HP Hodgdon H380 .243" 2.625" 42.0 3349 42,900 CUP 46.0 3567 48,900 CUP
    70 GR. SPR HP Hodgdon Varget .243" 2.625" 38.0 3433 45,500 CUP 40.5 3574 50,100 CUP
    70 GR. SPR HP IMR IMR 4320 .243" 2.625" 38.5 3325 43,800 CUP 42.5 3541 50,300 CUP
    70 GR. SPR HP IMR IMR 4064 .243" 2.625" 38.5 3316 43,700 CUP 42.5 3541 50,000 CUP
    70 GR. SPR HP Hodgdon BL-C(2) .243" 2.625" 35.0 3228 47,900 CUP 39.0 3384 50,400 CUP
    70 GR. SPR HP IMR IMR 4895 .243" 2.625" 38.5 3349 44,300 CUP 42.6 3558 50,000 CUP
    70 GR. SPR HP Hodgdon H4895 .243" 2.625" 36.0 3286 42,700 CUP 39.5 3477 49,200 CUP
    70 GR. SPR HP IMR IMR 8208 XBR .243" 2.625" 35.0 3232 47,600 PSI 38.6 3461 58,100 PSI
    70 GR. SPR HP IMR IMR 3031 .243" 2.625" 35.5 3218 41,500 CUP 39.0 3485 51,100 CUP
    70 GR. SPR HP Hodgdon Benchmark .243" 2.625" 36.5 3128 45,100 CUP 39.3 3491 50,300 CUP


    what he says holds pretty much true

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