MeekAndMild
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I've been fluffing and buffing a Savage model 110 .243 recently. (This is the gun for deer season next year. ) This involved bedding the recoil lug, setting the trigger to 3 pounds and removing a place where the side of the forend was touching the barrel.
But a problem appears to be ammo. I started with Remington 100 gr Express. In the two boxes I've shot the usual case expansion appears to be to .4695-.4705 but there have been acouple of shots where it looks seriously overpressured with expansion to .4725, flat primers and more than the usual amount of extrusion into the firing pin hole.
Then in starting handloading I'm finding that with both 85 and 105 gr bullets this gun likes loads of IMR 4381 at much reduced loadings, less than 90% of maximum. No bulging cases nor excessive primer flow but at higher loads the patterns spread out from its 1.5 MOA at lighter loads. Haven't experimented with other powders yet.
Now, this may be all due to the southern heat wave and all problems will disappear by November but I've not had it before in other calibers.
To make a long question shorter is there any pet factory or hand load the .243 shooters here like? Or is there anything strange about Savage 110's I should know about, like short chambers or undersized barrels??
But a problem appears to be ammo. I started with Remington 100 gr Express. In the two boxes I've shot the usual case expansion appears to be to .4695-.4705 but there have been acouple of shots where it looks seriously overpressured with expansion to .4725, flat primers and more than the usual amount of extrusion into the firing pin hole.
Then in starting handloading I'm finding that with both 85 and 105 gr bullets this gun likes loads of IMR 4381 at much reduced loadings, less than 90% of maximum. No bulging cases nor excessive primer flow but at higher loads the patterns spread out from its 1.5 MOA at lighter loads. Haven't experimented with other powders yet.
Now, this may be all due to the southern heat wave and all problems will disappear by November but I've not had it before in other calibers.
To make a long question shorter is there any pet factory or hand load the .243 shooters here like? Or is there anything strange about Savage 110's I should know about, like short chambers or undersized barrels??