243 loads for shortened rem 700

[SAWMAN]

Wondering now how accurate it was BEFORE it was chopped.
Had several of the older Rem's and they all shot great. There is nothing about the 243Win chambering that automatically makes them inaccurate coming out a short bbl so you'll figure it out.
Here is my 243 with only 14 inches of bbl. Shoots great. Loves the 85gr Barnes. --- SAWMAN

[WVHillbilly]

For anyone who has read this thread
My tests with H4895 went very well in accuracy department. Best yet ... but I am not getting a full burn on the charge. Nothing outrageous ... but not a full burn. Little smoke on the shot.

[SALJER]

H4895 works very good with Winchester primers and 85gr HPBT Sierra. Have you tried 100gr Speer or Sierra with Varget and CCI primers. These are the best I use in my 2 243's.

[WVHillbilly]

H4895 works very good with Winchester primers and 85gr HPBT Sierra. Have you tried 100gr Speer or Sierra with Varget and CCI primers. These are the best I use in my 2 243's.

i shot some test 90gr speer in this last test. Holes were clean, but about 1 1/2 is all I could do in 3 different charges of sets of 3. I have 85s, but am tryimg to use up others I have for this rifle. I have a few 243s. I did all tests with CCI primers. I may try a magnum primer in hopes of eliminating the little bit of smoke on the shot. So far best groups have been with vmax 75gr. I have not tried varget yet. I do shoot 39gr varget and the 75 vmax in my 6mm .... and it does extremely well.

[WVHillbilly]

I should have added .... there was no smoke and clean burn on the 90gr speers using h4895. Little on the fast side of powder for 90gr. I may need to look at a powder slightly faster than h4895 for the 75gr pills if not a magnum primer. Not sure yet. This rifle is unlikely to see any shots over 100yds in the woods. Soooo ... any of my tests would work in theory. Just being picky and learning about this rifle. An oddball of sorts

[WVHillbilly]

Finally found a combo that shoots pretty well. Was a bit jittery this morning but this should work. 60E2D162-18C9-4832-AECE-F059AC444408.jpeg