If you want to go lightweight, I'm using Nosler BT 55 grains over a lot of Varget for 4050 fps out of a 24" tube in a Remington CDL.

Explosive performance on all critters that get hit with this load

Any help with

Rel 17

or

Nosler Etip in 10" twist

for the 243?

Hey Tanzan
Nothing like ressurecting a 5 year old thread that hasn't seen the light of day in 2 -1/2 years!
Okay just ribbing ya but 5 years ago on this thread I posted about my sons .243 and we have since re barreled the rifle.
I've not used Reloader 17 in my sons .243 yet but I have been working up loads with it in most cartridges that i use IMR-4350 in. Have had good results in my youngest sons 257 Roberts so far and am getting close in a .284 Win also.
What weight E tip are you using?
I don't remember if they are 90 or 100 grain....
If I were you I wouldn't hesitate to try Reloader 17 in your .243, then post some results.
Alliant powder told me to use IMR-4350 load data for RL-17 loads.
Good luck with your rifle.
Right now my sons rifle is shooting 2 loads very well
43 grains IMR 4350 and 85 grain Sierra HPBT going 3250 fps
and 41.5 grains IMR 4350 with a 90 grain Speer Deep Shock going 3157fps.
Both loads shoot less than 3/4" and the lighter bullets print an inch above the 90 grainers.

The Nosler E-tip is 90 grains.
However, it is so long that I suspect that the 10" twist in our Win70 Compact Featherweight will not stabilize the bullets. Stability factor is right around 1.0, but Nosler doesn't have a warning about twists for this bullet.

I hope to get some testing done in the next couple of weeks. The Barnes 80 gn. TTSX are within spec on stability factors. We'll see what happens.

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Any loads for 4064 or Varget for the Barnes 85 gr tsx?

Barnes 85gr TSX
IMR-4064 38.0 grains
Primer-CCI BR-2
Nosler Brass
.50" off rifling
Cloverleaf group @100 yards

Steve do you have any idea what you are getting for speed on that load?
Any game performance reports?

I have a custom mauser in 243 win with a fire dot leoupold we have shot 30 coyotesin the psst two years 90% of them at night (snow and moon light over bait road kill deer) 70 gr nosler bt 43 gr varget wlr load developed in cold tempsvery acc.sub. min. this load has worked well on canada wolf trips also 5 so far.

Update on Nosler 90 gn E-tip:

It appears to be stable in a 10" twist. Tested over 42-44 grains R-17. While we are still testing loads and breaking in the barrel, 43.5 grains of Rel-17, if my memory serves (hard copy unabvailable as I write), turned in a .9" group, so there will be more testing in the 43.5-44.5 grain range.

The Barnes 80 grain TTSX also turned in a .9" group with 45.1 grains Rel - 17. We may test up to 46.5 grains of 46.5 in the summer.