Tc encore 243 rifle

[Goose71]

Looking for some suggestions on reloading for this encore 243win 28”barrel. Seems to have a short throat and a 1-10 twist. Interested in maybe 70-85 grain bullets. Igot a bunch of powder 80gr Sierra blitz and 85gr Sierra flat base. Wanting to use for crows,woodchucks, just varmints in general. Maybe a lighter 65-75 trainers.

 

[gman82001]

Just fyi on loading for an encore I was having light primer strikes like crazy on my first ever batch of reloads back in the day. I was worried it was something I was doing but found a few guys online with the same issue and loading with a federal large rifle primer solved it. I guess they have a little softer build and the encore doesn’t have the heaviest strike.

I loaded 58gr vmax and was shooting crazy small groups from my pro hunter barrel but sold it to fund something else.

 

[Axlrod]

The first thing to do is go to bellmtcs.com
everything you need to know to make TC's shoot is there.

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www.bellmtcs.com

The TC's do not have a light primer strike, but a lot of factory guns come with too much headspace. Bellm can show you how to easily fix it yourself.

Home | BELLM TCs LLC

www.bellmtcs.com

I have used his products and instructions to make many Encores and Contenders shoot very well and fire every time the trigger is pulled.

 

[BWSmith]

85g Sierra's and 4350 in .243 has been a solid accuracy,and killing combination for well,ever. I have an Encore 243,lovely firearm.

The headspace issue is solved by fire forming with a jammed bullet.... read up on it.

Good luck with your project.

 

[MarlinsDad]

Mine has a 15” pistol barrel but it’ll sling 5 80gr Speer hot cores inside a dime if I do my part. Mine prefers the 80-85gr bullets it’ll shoot the 95gr Hornady sst quarter size groups. I don’t remember the powder charge believe it was the starting load on the jug of h4350 powder. It shoots good enough I never bothered more load development.
+1 on bellem tc site lots of good info there and I have their trigger kit on both my encore frames, if it doesn’t shoot to your standards the larger hinge pins will help.

 

[GreenMachine]

Anyone shoot 95-100 gr .243 bullets out of theirs? If yes what twist / length and results are you getting?
I’m in the process of building one for my daughters. Looking at potentially 1-10 twist on an 18 or 20” barrel? Thoughts? Thanks, Ryan