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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2015 10:58:12 GMT -5
Today I decided to shoot the 243 in the factory bedded stock. Loads were factory federal 243 80 soft point. Reload 87 Vmax 43g 4350 2.650 and 2.655" OAL Re-zeroed scope and fired for effect. Remington 700 SPS Varmint 243 All shots 100 yards Factory federal 80 soft point. 3 shot group  Reload 87 Vmax 43g 4350 2.650" OAL 5 shot group  Reload 87 Vmax 43g 4350 2.655" OAL 5 shot group  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2015 11:21:48 GMT -5
What program is used to measure the group? On the other board people have used the program to measure the group and post the group size. I'd like to see how close I am on measurements. Thanks
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Post by beans on Oct 7, 2015 5:10:26 GMT -5
Riverrat,
All you need are calipers. Measure the extreme outside to outside of the holes farthest apart. Then subtract the diameter of the bullet. In your case, .243.
So if the outside measurement is 1.100 inches, the center-to-center is 0.857.
Nice shooting and interesting that the group came up higher with a longer COL (unless you made an adjustment)
A great load in my .243 is the 100 gr Sierra ProHunter and 42 gr RE22. I chronied it for the 1st time this past weekend and it is at 2,797 fpd and never over an inch. On good days it hovers at about 5/8"
Have fun!
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Post by speedrackin on Oct 7, 2015 7:23:45 GMT -5
i shoot an 87 grn v max over 37.7 grn 4064 wih a fed primer its a killer i have to figure out how to post pics
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2015 7:56:55 GMT -5
Thanks beans, actually what happened was I'd shoot a group stop and take pictures and then cover holes do the first two groups I wasn't able to measure. On the last group I did adjust up one moa to shoot a group in a different spot on target.
One thing with the range trip was I'm happy with the Nikon prostaff 5 3.5-14x40. The first group was 4" to the left of bull. I made a 4 moa adjustment to right and the groups posted were the results of the adjustment. Made me happy to see good tracking on a low to mid range scope.
SpeedSpeedcrackin never looked into that powder. I'm thinking about getting varget I've seen allot of load data that suggests it as a powder for accuracy. The 4350 I have is probably 15 years old and in the metal can. I just wanted to see if I could reload right.
My only head scratcher is the first shot was always upper right then the rest of the groups settled into a nice .5 moa from what I can see.
Thanks for the compliments guys.
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Post by Hank on Oct 7, 2015 13:39:12 GMT -5
Looks pretty good... That 15 year old powder is still burning...
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Post by Richard on Nov 9, 2015 12:13:57 GMT -5
Chad.........another easy way to measure is to use the calipers and go from the far side of one hole to the near side on the one furthest away. That will give you C to C dimension. Of course, if the group is a "one holer" then you have to measure outside to outside and subtract the bullet dimension.
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