Desert Dan
Lil-Rokslider
Hello everyone
I'm close to finishing a bit of a project on my 1993 Winchester 70 243. The gun has tremendous sentimental value and after my dad passed away and it made the journey from Wisconsin to Arizona I decided it's entirely too good a rifle and I have entirely too many coyotes down here for such a nice shooter to just sit around in the safe anymore. The old cheap Tasco scope came off, a new trigger went in and the barrel was threaded for a suppressor. When my ATACR arrives from Nightforce the old gun's makeover will be complete and it will be ready to rock.
The "old new" gun is going to be my coyote killer and long range steel target rifle so I'm looking at loads for each. I plan to start by trying both Hornady VMAX and Sierra Match King/Blitz King bullets so if anyone has found success with a particular powder for either or both of those and is willing to share I would be grateful. With so many powders to choose from I'm trying to avoid buying four different ones that don't work before I find a winner. The barrel is a 24 inch blued sporter barrel with a standard 1-10 twist. I have no idea if this gun is capable of reaching out to 1000 yards but I'm going to find out. Being a 1-10 twist I plan to keep the bullets at 90 grain and below for targets and on 55-65 grains for yotes.
Thanks in advance!
dan
P.S. Does anyone know where I can find a Sierra reloading manual? Are they discontinued or what?
I'm close to finishing a bit of a project on my 1993 Winchester 70 243. The gun has tremendous sentimental value and after my dad passed away and it made the journey from Wisconsin to Arizona I decided it's entirely too good a rifle and I have entirely too many coyotes down here for such a nice shooter to just sit around in the safe anymore. The old cheap Tasco scope came off, a new trigger went in and the barrel was threaded for a suppressor. When my ATACR arrives from Nightforce the old gun's makeover will be complete and it will be ready to rock.
The "old new" gun is going to be my coyote killer and long range steel target rifle so I'm looking at loads for each. I plan to start by trying both Hornady VMAX and Sierra Match King/Blitz King bullets so if anyone has found success with a particular powder for either or both of those and is willing to share I would be grateful. With so many powders to choose from I'm trying to avoid buying four different ones that don't work before I find a winner. The barrel is a 24 inch blued sporter barrel with a standard 1-10 twist. I have no idea if this gun is capable of reaching out to 1000 yards but I'm going to find out. Being a 1-10 twist I plan to keep the bullets at 90 grain and below for targets and on 55-65 grains for yotes.
Thanks in advance!
dan
P.S. Does anyone know where I can find a Sierra reloading manual? Are they discontinued or what?