Superformance

[K_Josh87]

Anybody out there using this powder to load for a .243? I am planning on trying to load this for a .58 grain v max... but cannot find any load info

for anything lighter than a 70 gr bullet. Any ideas on where to start would be great... thank ya!

[Archerysniper]

It might be to hot for a light bullet that's why your only seeing loads for 70 grains and up.

[fishattacker]

Call hornady or hodgdon. They will probably give you any info you want. They may have tried that combo and did not get very good results.

I know any time I call nosler I just give them what I want to use and they give me the min and max load.

Good luck and good shooting!

[K_Josh87]

Well, I think it is mostly they have not tried it, I have not called anyone on it... however, There is really NO info out there about anything other than a 70 or 75 grain... and its minimal (whats on the canister) I did however do a fair amount of research on it on line, and put some observations together, and noticing things about other calibers info etc. and noticed a trend compared to other powders... So I gave it a whirle today, starting at 51.8 grains behind the 58gr vmax... and went all the way up to 53.2 grains, without any real signs that I could see for high pressure.... and not quite to a compressed load (most loads I found trended to a compressed load in the info I found) I had my best groups out of 52.6-52.8 grains... (52.6, loaded two sets of three in this, and shot a .6" group at 100 and a .75" group... with a 10-12 mph wind... I found some things interesting with this powder though.... It leaves a black residue in the barrel, it looks like a very lights ash type substance... barrel looked terrible, but when I cleaned the gun after 30 rounds... it was actually very clean on the patches... it works very nicely in the powder measure and measures very consistently... I wish i had a chrony so I could compare to the h414 load that has been working comparatively well for me... they claim higher FPS with the powder. So, at the end of the day, I will probably load some rounds up with this powder to burn it up... maybe keep it on the shelf a bit to see if it works better with a heavier bullet, but the h414 is cheaper, and uses less per load, saving me pennies, with similar accuracy... not sure about velocity though... So, That is what I have found with it!

[Gordie]

I just looked at a 6mm-06 custom mauser today I think that would be a super hot load and probably have a really nastey burn out down range.

the neighbor down the road has a custom also that is a 22-243 and when I see him next I'll see what he thinks he's a reloading nut also.

[K_Josh87]

I like the sound of a 22-243, sounds like a screamin machine!