Thursday, March 14, 2013

Handloads for Subsonic, Sub-MOA .243 Loads

TTAG has posted handload data for a sub-sonic .243 loading that produced sub-MOA results for them. The load info is:
Brass: .243 R-P New
Powder: Trail Boss 12.1gr
Primer: Federal 210
Bullet: Nosler 70gr Ballistic Tip
COL: 2.610
Barrel twist: 1:10
This has obvious use for someone with a .243 rifle with a sound suppressor, but note that the original purpose of the load was to reduce recoil.

My father-in-law gave me some handloads that his father had developed for the .30-06 that were extremely mild loads because they used handcast lead bullets. Firing through a Springfield 1903A1, I found the loads to pleasurable to shoot (compared to the shoulder breaking loads that my father liked to load for hunting) and very accurate at the short distance I was shooting. Given the low power, bullet drop is probably too much for useful long range shooting, but they were fun to shoot!

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