243 Win. Precision, Top Speed, Accuracy or Confidence Taking the Shot. Bonus: Rocks Chucks. 

I've never before seen a shot + field dressing at the exact same moment. Wow, is all I can say 😎 Thanks for another Saddle Up Saturday morning 👍

Dave. Another good video. And as always great shooting. Thanks for sharing and take care.

Good Morning Dave & Good Shooting!!! You really opened that Rock Chuck, I've not seen that since I went prairie dog shooting! 243w. shooting real good! Have a Great Memorial Day Dave!!!

Great video Dave.👍 The 243 gets overlooked way too often as a good, all around cartridge. 👍👍 I am glad i waited to the end to comment, as I was hoping to see some rockchuck dusting.

Don’t overthink perfection, Strohmeyer! 6mm Rocks! And that setup is darn close with .157 results! Next!

Those loads sure made a mess of them rock chucks. Good shooting Dave.it’ll be interesting to see where you need to go to find some speed.

Hi Dave, I enjoy your video's, excellent groups. I have had good luck with IMR 7828 and the Speer 100 gr BTSP using the Nosler data. Velocity around 2950 and nice groups. Keep up the good work!

I was looking at the ballistics tables for my preferred load using a 100g Hornady in .243 Win. About 2900 fps is all I need for expansion in the lungs of a deer to about 250 yds. The bullet will be traveling about 2350 fps or so at 250 yds. Back in the 80's I called Sierra, reloaders help phone line. I asked the tech. what was the lowest velocity needed for expansion in a deer's lung area. He answered quickly and with confidence telling me I needed at least 2350 fps for reliable expansion in a deers lungs. Then he went on to explain that this was if no ribs were hit. So therefore most of the time I load about 2900 to 2950 fps/w the 100 grain bullet. I don't think I've gone up in velocoty much past 3000 fps with the Speer 105g spire point bullet/IMR 4350. This load was described in Speer's №. 11 reloading manual. I shot very few of those loads since they were probably hotter than a blowtorch in the .243's barrel. I use about 2875 to 2925-50 with the Speer 105g load. Accuracy is lacking a little though with this bullet. A word of caution to other loaders reading this comment and load reference. The copyright on the Speer reloading manual is 1987. Things have changed, since then and maybe drastically with powder, primers, bullets, cases, and rifles. Canister powders are supposed to stay the same. But I don't think this has happened because most all powder manufacturers have changed ownership since then. Its a ducky that they don't make powders exactly the way the past owners did. So be careful using older powders and new data, or new powder with older data. In 30 some odd years, in my opinion, canister powder has not remained unchanged. Same goes for pistol powder.

I've always enjoyed using the Reloder series of powders from Alliant. As of late, I'm getting excellent results in 7-08 with RL 17 and Hornady 154gr SST. So far the world is short one coyote with said combo! Haha Thanks Dave!

Thank you , always enjoy learning from you.

Another great video, Dave. Keep em coming. Looking forward to more

Great video, the two smallest groups are fantastic. Wouldn’t break my head to get another 100 feet per second, at 2840 it’s flat shooting enough 👍

Great Shooting Dave ! Stick with what works best for you and your rifle. Trying new powder can be fun or it can be a mistake. Have a Great weekend and a memorial day remember our Vets that gave everything for our nation.

I would take super accuracy, over velocity anyday. Just have to write the ballistics on a dope card, And follow them. Our goal is always to put a ninety five grain Bullet from a. six millimeter in a groundhogs eye. App three hundredYards.😊😊😊

Good shooting and congratulations on a successful hunt brother. God bless you too. 👍

ha ha ha sounds exactly like my dog when I shoot something.

.243 is one of my favorite cartridges. I like that stock.

I've been reloading for 20+ years and have seen the same differences in Max loads in different manuals.. an I don't always find a load for the specific bullet I am using (but same weight).. So, I do what you did, and work my way up, looking for the sweet spot... I wouldn't worry about 1-200 fps, if the accuracy is there, for (big game) hunting distances it won't matter, and for varmints, well... misses happen, it's just another excuse :)

Just wondering . . . If that kind of chronograph might affect the barrel harmonics?

I know Honady load data max charge is not always max pressure, but best precision or maybe I should say max speed before groups fall apart in their testing.

I like hybrid v100 for 95 ish bullets in 243 win For the heavy bullets 7828 ssc to h1000

Hello Dave

So you’re setting seating depth blindly? Longer throat or not you can measure it

Just my opinions::::Invest in a better rest and bench, buy some wind flags and learn to use them, and get a stand alone crono and take that weight off the barrel