![]() For coyotes or feral hogs, the Barnes 80-grain TTSX and 47 grains of Hunter is deadly. From most rifles, recoil is light enough you can watch the bullet impact through the scope. The Barnes 62-grain Varmint Grenade is perfect for small to midsize varmints, and 47.5 grains of Ramshot Hunter will push it to 3,300 fps from a 22-inch barrel. Over the years I’ve found one powder and several varmint-capable bullets I really like in this cartridge. In fact, if you’re serious about accuracy – and most varmint hunters are – an RCBS Precision Mic is a good investment, regardless of the cartridge being loaded. This little tool is excellent for establishing the proper seating depth, and it can also be used to fine-tune sizing die adjustments to account for headspace variations. 243 Winchester should consider investing in an RCBS Precision Mic. 243 Winchester I’ve loaded for, including my current NULA, seemed to be picky when it came to bullet seating depth they seem to shoot better when bullets are close to the lands.Īnyone interested in loading the. In fact, I’ve been loading it longer than any other cartridge and have not experienced any of the “weirdness” others complain of. It will help you properly adjust for seating depth and account for headspace variations. 243 Winchester seems sensitive to bullet seating depth, consider an RCBS Precision Mic. It is one of three rifles used for developing the loads listed here. 243 Winchester, which is perfect for coyote, fox or bobcat calling, or for walking the edges of pastures or fields looking for groundhogs. I’ve owned or used more than a dozen NULAs, including a. Most of my personal rifles are not very heavy and were made in West Virginia by New Ultra Light Arms (NULA). Today varmint shooters use much smaller calibers and cartridges.Īny rifle weighing more than seven pounds scoped is viewed as an anchor, but I’ll make an exception and accept a 10-pound rifle, if I’m carrying it from the truck to a shooting bench set up on a prairie dog town a few yards away. I handloaded 100-grain bullets, and it worked admirably on groundhogs. 270 Winchester, mostly because it was the only rifle I had. My first centerfire “varmint rifle” was a. Part of the problem is that, to some, a varmint is nothing more than a gopher or prairie dog, while to others it might be anything from a ground squirrel to a feral hog. The term “varmint rifle” can be a bit subjective.
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