Suggested bench loads for 243

[shooter55]

Morning all - I am looking for some suggestions for bench loads for my Remington 700 in 243. Wonderfully versatile calibre.
I have a range of bullet sizes to try; the web is helpful but would like to hear some actual results.
Thank you

[bulletman]

I load Varget with Hornady 58 V-Max. My main loads are with 55 grain and 70 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips with Federal 210 Match primers in Remington cases.

[Maxwell78]

my deer load is speer 100gr btsp with h4350. my varmint round is 70gr nosler bt's with h4350. I could not get the 55gr bt's to group well.

[Pathfinder76]

I'm loading the Hornady 105 HPBT Match ahead of IMR 7828.

[Cooeylover]

Federal brass, trimmed and full length resized, loaded with CCI mag primers, 37gr of IMR4320, COL 2.640, with Hornady 87g Vmax, crimped in, gets me grouping 3/4" @ 200 yds with a cold barrel out of my Remington 700 DM SPS.

[tchardy1972]

Originally Posted by Cooeylover

Federal brass, trimmed and full length resized, loaded with CCI mag primers, 37gr of IMR4320, COL 2.640, with Hornady 87g Vmax, crimped in, gets me grouping 3/4" @ 200 yds with a cold barrel out of my Remington 700 DM SPS.

Why would you crimp?

[huntin]

I don't have a load but try the 90grn accubonds I shoot them out of my 6mm its awesome on everything

[Cooeylover]

Originally Posted by tchardy1972

Why would you crimp?

I crimp because I read somewhere it allows the burn to go thru the powder faster before it pushes on the bullet. Some might think that's a load of bunk, but it's working for me.
Plus I like that added insurance of the bullet staying put while hunting. It may get loaded in and out many times before fired, due to that I am more varmint hunter then bench shooter.
I also notice that sometimes the bullet seats into the brass with less effort within the brass I've fired a few times.