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There is a shooting competition with my local gun club in a couple months. I have been working on developing a load for my Tikka .243. Who ever can shoot the tightest groups will receive cash rewards at 100, 200, and 300 yards. Does any one have any suggestions of loads that have worked for them? Too the person who comes up with the most accurate load that I end up using, if I win the competition, I will pay out a reward of $25. Remember that is Canadian dollars to all you Yanks. Just a way of showing my appreciation for your input. p.s. I fully support Bush in his efforts in Iraq, it makes me mad what the Canadian government has done up here in the north. | ||
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Wyat, 36.5 grains of Varget and a 85 gr Sierra HPBT. 42 grains of Varget and a 70 grain Nosler Ballistic tip or a 70 grain sierra HPBT match. 40-42 seems to work pretty good all in that range. Nosler calls for 42 with the ballistic tip. I find a little under that works well for me. 75 grain V max with 38.5 grains of Varget. Is your Tikka a Contenental? If so where did you get it? I would like to get one as I have heard very good things about them. Mark PS I am mighty choked up with what my Government is doing as well and with the way the protestors are behaving about it. [ 04-04-2003, 07:53: Message edited by: markus ] | |||
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Years ago I shot Hunter Class benchrest with a Sako L579 in .243 Win with the factory heavy barrel. I used 42.4 gr of H380 with the 70 grain Sierra HPBT benchrest bullet in W-W cases with the CCI BR2 primer. This load will hold a quarter minute in good conditions in that rifle. jim dodd | |||
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Unfortently it is not a Continental! I have also looked for them up here in Canada. I have not seen one yet. I purchased my Master Synthetic at Wholesale Sports. I dont think they carry the Continetal yet. They are nice guns, accurate out of the box. | |||
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I'll play. Start with a 70 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip. Load it over 42 grains of IMR 4320 or 41 grains of any 4895. Torch it with any standard force primer, but CCI benchrest would be the most certain. (Appreciate your support of what the U.S. is doing. You'll have plenty of time to help with the occupation over the next decade, and also pitch in with the serial wars to follow. Thanks for the willingness to help!) | |||
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Wyat, A friend and myself were looking for a varmint rifle for him in Wholesale sports in Calgary. The sales guy we spoke to was a Tikka fan who told us he could get a Continental brought in for us if we would like and thought it would cost about the same amount as a 700VLS. However since we drove up from southern BC and wanted to look at what we were buying we passed on the offer. So to make a long story short I believe you could get Wholesale sports to bring you in a Contental but it would take a while to show up. Mark | |||
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sierra 85 BTHP and IMR-4895. | |||
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Stonecreek beat me to this one, IMR 4320, 42 grains, 70 gr. Nosler Ballistic Tip, I will add to this, use Lapua brass, the best out there, and the seating depth should be from .005" to .007" off the lands. Get a 90 degree ball micrometer, you can sort the brass to choose the ones with the best uniformity in the necks. I have a 3 shot group with this load that I quit after the 3, I always shoot 5 shot groups, it measures .071" bigger than a .243 bullet. I would also look at the newer 90gr. Nosler BT with H4350 [ 04-06-2003, 03:39: Message edited by: Tim in TN ] | |||
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I get my most accurate loads using H4350 w/ 75 gr Hornady HP & Nosler 70 gr BT. 1 Rifle wants 45.5 gr of powder and the other tightens up with only 45.0 gr. Good luck. | |||
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Hey Wyat, I've got some good news and bad news for you. First the "bad" to get it out of the way: Regardless of what you may have read about Mythical Magical Mystical Universal Charge Loads(MUC Loads), they really don't exist. The "good" news is, the .243Win is normally one of the easiest cartridges there is to get shooting very accurately. But, you still have to "Develop the Load" specific to your rifle. I have a Varmint Load using a 75gr Flat Base Sierra about 0.020" Off-the-Lands fueled with H380 and a Fed210M that shoots just amazing well in mine. But, your rifle might prefer something else. A while back a buddy and I were shooting and I put a 3-shot group on the target. Let the rifle cool and we went down to check the targets. When we got back my buddy picked up that rifle and put another 3-shot group into the same target. The combined 2-man 6-shot group was in the 6s. Don't know if I(we) could do it again today, but my rifle sure likes that combination. By the way, more "good" news - No Charge for the info. | |||
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All the way to 300 yards..... Start with 40gr. of IMR 4350, my best load in two different rifles was 42gr. Use the Sierra 100gr. SPZ. | |||
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whatever load you intend on using the real key to winning that match is to practice. Lethbridge is a very windy place, you need to be able to read the wind like a champ! good luck | |||
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First, try a 75gr Hornady V-Max over 46.5gr of IMR4350 in Rem brass with a standard Win primer. This load is a touch over max in some books, so work up to it. Extremely accurate in my 788. Another good load is a 95gr SST with 41.1gr of IMR4350, Rem brass and Win primer. | ||
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