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looking for reduced recoil 243 load
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01/27/18 02:18 PM
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Teal28
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Buddy of mine in south TX is wanting to load up some for his 8 yo son. His son is a smaller framed kid. hes wanting to run the 90 gr SST or and 80 gr soft point. Never heard of reducing a load for a 243 for recoil but I thought id ask.
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Re: looking for reduced recoil 243 load
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01/27/18 02:21 PM
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I don’t know about handload, but one of my boys shoots a factory load from Hornady that’s reduced. Very little recoil and still quite deadly.
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Re: looking for reduced recoil 243 load
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01/27/18 02:22 PM
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They call it Custom Lite, and it’s loaded with an 87 grain SST.
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Re: looking for reduced recoil 243 load
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01/27/18 02:37 PM
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I can do reduced recoil loads for the 243 with most any bullet, all the way down to subsonic. If you need assistance in some ammo, please give me a buzz.
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Re: looking for reduced recoil 243 load
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01/27/18 03:18 PM
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If really lite loads is what he wants AA5744 is what I used (1900-2100fps range)then as they get older work higher with the H4895. I was doing it with 7MM/08 but doesn’t matter same idea. I had best luck using Varmint type bullets as standard hunting bullets passed thru with minimal expansion. Killed fine but had to trail a few.
"Anyone taking up handloading necessarily plays with unknown factors and takes chances. But so does anyone who drives a car,goes to a cocktail party,eats in a restaurant,or gets married."
Jack O'Connor 1963
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Re: looking for reduced recoil 243 load
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01/27/18 06:17 PM
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I second kmon's suggestion using H4895. I used that powder and 110 grain Sierra ProHunter bullets in a .270 Winchester for my daughter when she was growing up.
Luck favors the prepared mind.
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Re: looking for reduced recoil 243 load
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01/27/18 06:50 PM
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Great info fellas. Thanks
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