mag primers for 243 ?

[Jaxdilation]

DTACs are a great bullet. I used the Moly versions in my 243AI. A 30" barrel kind of changes the equation. So I'm not sure your results will achieved with a hunting-length barrel. That said running your rifle must be a friggin blast!

I am going to go against the grain here ... I run a 6 Competition Match (a variant of a 243AI w/ 30 degree shoulder) and use H1000 exclusively under a 115 DTAC (49.4 gr. running 3,100 fps) with nominal pressure out of a 30" tube.

I also use a "magnum" primer - actually Wolf Russian (yes the shipping case has Russian writing on the box) large rifle magnum primers (truly a standard primer with a harder cup that the nominal Russian Large Rifle primer).

JeffVN

 

[JeffVN]

"So I'm not sure your results will achieved with a hunting-length barrel. That said running your rifle must be a friggin blast!"

Agreed. I suspect you could only find 3,000 fps and not 3,100 if you shortened the barrel down to 26."

I will say this, the rifle is a super flat shooting rig and has been very successful in our local steel varmint matches (shooting targets that are just over 1 MOA in size at known distances of 560, 730, 880, and 950 yards) regardless who shoots it.

JeffVN

 

[JeffVN]

A 30" barrel kind of changes the equation. So I'm not sure your results will achieved with a hunting-length barrel. That said running your rifle must be a friggin blast!

Agreed. I suspect you could only find 3,000 fps and not 3,100 if you shortened the barrel down to 26."

I will say this, the rifle is a super flat shooting rig and has been very successful in our local steel varmint matches (shooting targets that are just over 1 MOA in size at known distances of 560, 730, 880, and 950 yards) regardless who shoots it.

JeffVN

 

[Jaxdialation]

Not surprised to hear that at all. I was running DTACs at 2880 out of s 28" pipe.
I ran one match just doing hold overs/unders (my rifle was sighted at 300 yards)
targets at 50 to 850 yards.