.243 Win. 90gn ELD-X and 90gn Gamechanger Deer Hunting Loads @ 3,100 FPS.

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Dave Strohmeyer - Saddle Up Shootin'

Жыл бұрын

From my recent Community poll;
I have 4 rifle videos ready to upload over the next 4 weeks. Please choose which of these you prefer to see first.
You all chose;
Mystery Rifle and Range test
17%
New .243 Win. Finally a 3,100 fps deer load achieved.
34%
Rock Chucks vs 24" .223/5.56. *Caution Graphic Content.
27%
243. Win. Pros and Cons.
21%
Ask and you shall receive. HaHa!
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@davidzakrzewicz707 5 ай бұрын

I’m glad I found this video, as I’m working with the same powders in search of a deer load for my grand daughter’s .243. I shot a .243 for many years and it killed everything I hit properly even at 2700 fps velocity. When you mentioned 4831SC I said to myself, “He’ll top out a bit over 2800 fps.” That was my experience also. You remind me of one of my old hunting buddies and I subscribed.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment and for Subscribing.

@bobcatforever3485 Жыл бұрын

Dave. Thanks another very good video. And with really great shooting. I was out today with my .308 and it looked like I was shooting a shotgun! Happy Father's Day and take care.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bobcat. Happy Fathers day to you as well.

@luvtahandload7692 Жыл бұрын

Those groups, while not all are stellar, will get you your venison all day every day. With a magnum cap and some COAL tweaking, the W760 loads could be very impressive. That powder, while not adorned with modern accouterments such as a decoppering agent and temperature insensitivity, just seems to keep working well time after time. I thought the cops were after you there for awhile. Illegal Pulverization of Gravel. Haha, thanks Dave!

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 Жыл бұрын

I may try Magnum primers someday. Thanks for your suggestion.

@richardt.4224 Жыл бұрын

Hi there Dave, I watched your video because I saw you were using the same combination of bullet and powder! I'm using the 90grn ELD-X and the H4350. Unlike you, I'm trying to shoot accuracy and not velocity. My rifle of choice is a Tikka T3X in 243Win with a set trigger. However I no longer use the chono like you have because I hunt with a suppressor and being strapped to the barrel it changes the harmonics. I now CHRONO with the shoot through type. My rounds averages 2900fps. At 100yds I group like your BOTTOM LEFT target. At 400yds I'm putting all three inside your outer ring on your target. This will improve when I start annealing my brass better (more consistant). I would be interested in seeing the ELD-X bullets with the different powders you have. Thank you for the video Dave.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and for your comments here. Glad your rifle/ammo combination works well for you.

@cw2a Жыл бұрын

Morning Dave! Awesome stuff!!❤❤

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 Жыл бұрын

Thanks CW.

@JackFrostTheDeerHunter Жыл бұрын

love your videos and the 243. great shooting too.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words and for watching.

@MrBoo1963 6 ай бұрын

You have my thumbs up before you start. I have been looking at the H4350, but I had been using W748. Hum, W760! H4350 wasn't bad! 3831 , NAW!

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@tripplebeards3427 9 ай бұрын

All my 243's love 90 grain ballistic tips handloaded about 2/10's grains over max book loads with no pressure signs. Both my bolts are bedded and free floated. One has an hs prescion stock. Both have 1 1/4 pound triggers. Both my AR10s have 2.5 pound single stage triggers. They both the bolts will shoot .3" at 200 yards and the ARs best are both .3" at 100 yards with 55 and 60 grain bullets. With your wood stock and probably not bedded that's going to be the tightest your going to get it to shoot. If you glass bed it you should get it down to around .5" with a load it likes. I use to stick business cards between my barrel and stock back in the 90s before i bedded it. It would change POA and open up dependimg on how much pressure was created by the cards.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comments here. The rifle is bedded. Any anomaly is due to this preliminary test load development and shooter error.

@tripplebeards3427 8 ай бұрын

@@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 The way I would always test my guns is after ladder testing I would take the tightest grouping load and shoot it again after bedding to see if it shrunk or opened up. IMO that will tell you how good, or poor, the bedding job is. With glass bedding normally I can get it down to pretty consistent.5” at best. The only one that shoots tighter is my little 600 chambered in 243. Probably because the trigger is set a 1 1/4 pounds. If I want tighter my goto in years past we’re just bolting the gun to a HS prescion stock with extra glass bedding. Just plug and play.

@lloydryan-e4l 15 күн бұрын

I watched one of your videos about the .243 Winchester and obsessing about getting 3000'+ velocity with 100 grain bullets. In it you showed some really small groups at 2800-2900fps a deer hit in the vitals can't tell the difference. Accuracy is king not velocity.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 15 күн бұрын

Glad to have your comment here.

@hoffpbass Жыл бұрын

thought They were coming for you for a while 😅 after I realized it wasn't the Minneapolis PD buzzing around my neighborhood.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 Жыл бұрын

HaHa! Hope it wasn't a traffic accident though.

@zacharyathearn-ne1ur 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@linescum444 11 ай бұрын

Savage LPV 243 ,90grn eld x ,42grn h4350,3150fps ,keeps right up with my buddys 6.5 out to a 1000y for now lol

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 11 ай бұрын

Glad you found your loads. Thanks for watching.

@Off-target-xy6bx Жыл бұрын

Nice shooting and nice rig. I was wondering if the gun might not be completely broken in and might be speeding up depending on how many rounds you have put through. Keep up the good work. 2A💪

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 Жыл бұрын

Good question, because it is unknown how many rounds were shot in the rifle before I got it. Because I hand load, all speed is different with any change in powders, powder charges, and varying any components. Thanks for watching.

@nicholasbarcomb2324 Жыл бұрын

Y'all running magnum primers with tha Win 760? I'm willing to bet that you could squeeze a bit more out of that Win 760 charge with that and some COAL tweeking. Otherwise, everything looks great!!! Good luck and stay safe!!! 😉😉😉

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 Жыл бұрын

No just standard primers. This rifle just seems to be on the slow side with the heavier weight for cartridge bullets. See my 243 playlist for previous results. Thanks for your comment here.

@BlackDogII Жыл бұрын

Look at that you say a little 🙏 and Bam ya have 2 holes touching to make it look like the #8. I like that thumb hole stock I have 2 of them one for my .22 and another one on my .308.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and for your comment here.

@danalim9670 Жыл бұрын

worried about case stretching with those slow powders. .041" is a super tight group👍

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 Жыл бұрын

Case stretching on the .243 is common after full length resizing. That will be addressed in a future video. Thanks for watching.

@RickNethery Жыл бұрын

Looks pretty good to me. Especially for a hunting rifle. 👍

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Rick.

@roosterfish3248 6 ай бұрын

Good shooting. I cant get the 90 grain game changers to stabilize in my old a bolt. It a 1 in 10 twist. They are long bullets.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 6 ай бұрын

That is unusual indeed. 1-10 should stabilize them OK. Thanks for watching.

@clintonlayne9253 Жыл бұрын

That Siren is getting closer. lol Good news is the I didn't hear any verbal commands over the PA speaker. lol.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 Жыл бұрын

HaHa! Yeah and they'll never take me alive! LOL.

@livingintheLight. Жыл бұрын

You must have a good wife. I love 243, it's probably what I load for most. I'm a 6mm fan in general.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 Жыл бұрын

Yes, she's a keeper, both the rifle and the wife.

@pdam6131 4 ай бұрын

I wouldn't be accuracy testing with a device on my barrel. Keep accuracy testing separate from velocity testing if you are using a barrel mounted device.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 4 ай бұрын

Asked and answered. The Magnetospeed is used to gather the numbers. But narrowly effects group size. (Over 5,000 rounds tested on many different cartridges.) However point of impact is affected with or without it on and a simple scope adjustment is in order after the final load development is determined.

@pdam6131 4 ай бұрын

@@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 It's your choice but if you are looking for groups below .5MOA the barrel needs to free of anything that can change harmonics. If you are satisfied with MOA group size then it doesn't matter.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 4 ай бұрын

@@pdam6131 Yes, I am not a competition or match shooter. My channel emphasis is geared toward Hunter accuracy for in the field conditions, extending maximum point range, building confidence in rifle/ammo repeatability with bullets/components made for hunting. Thanks for watching and for your comment here.

@joelclark2130 Жыл бұрын

Maybe you have a high-class gun, Berger bullets, or Barnes bullets. You might want to try some of the heavier bullets from 115 down to 103 . Either way you'll get it game. And yes I really do appreciate brother that you stopped and prayed for those people who might need a answer from GOD.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, this rifle has a 1-9.25 twist, so it maybe possible to shoot the 103's but nothing heavier.

@joelclark2130 Жыл бұрын

Not true my friend, You'll just have to crank up the velocity. And go to the ultimate pressure signs.

@outdoorswithjt6652 Жыл бұрын

Your aparatis on the end of the barrel? Do you find it effects group? Referring to harmonics. Good shooting

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 Жыл бұрын

Not by much. There is a point of impact shift with and without the magnetospeed. This may help. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nct2eZN6lZa5dqs.html

@rgthomson1 10 ай бұрын

A lot of 2 and 1 groups suggesting you may need a slight adjustment in seating depth, may just be a 2 thou movement, whats the twist rate on that rifle, my one would not shoot the Gamechanger

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 10 ай бұрын

9.25 twist. Thanks for watching.

@dirtroadsoldier8359 Жыл бұрын

Dave, where are you finding the Sierra 90gr game changers at?

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 Жыл бұрын

I bought a 500 bulk of pulled bullets from America Reloading. The bulk had 50 or so of black with yellow translucent tipped Gamechangers made by Sierra for Sig/Sauer ammo. They are Sierra Gamechangers with identical dimensions and BC's www.sigsauer.com/243-win-90gr-elite-tipped-hunting.html www.sierrabullets.com/product/6mm-243-caliber-90-gr-tgk/

@dirtroadsoldier8359 Жыл бұрын

@@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 Thank you. I will have to look into that company.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 Жыл бұрын

You can order the bullets directly from Sierra's web site. See the second link.