Tikka Shooters | imknadian | Activity https://tikkashooters.com/members/imknadian/activity/ Activity feed for imknadian. Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:44:38 -0600 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.5.40 en-US 30 hourly 2 16e9605d146fa3c283a5d07c9532611f imknadian replied to the discussion Tikka 243 and 87gr Berger Hunting VLD bullets in the forum General Discussion https://tikkashooters.com/forums/discussion/tikka-243-and-87gr-berger-hunting-vld-bullets/#post-30459 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:03:45 -0700 Reply to Tikka 243 and 87gr Berger Hunting VLD bullets

I decided to make a few loads with 47.5gr of RL 19.  It fills the case to not quite capacity so it isn't a compressed load.  I've heard that RL19 is a better powder than Varget for the 243 87gr bullets.  Anyone have any experience with other 243 powders like RL19 that you achieved good results with?

]]> 6f66d2730a79ca2b2e0661b47bf0f1e4 imknadian replied to the discussion Tikka 243 and 87gr Berger Hunting VLD bullets in the forum General Discussion https://tikkashooters.com/forums/discussion/tikka-243-and-87gr-berger-hunting-vld-bullets/#post-30456 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 04:55:35 -0700 Reply to Tikka 243 and 87gr Berger Hunting VLD bullets

I think the varget max for the 87gr VLD is 39.5gr.  I thought for a starting load of 38gr, it wasn't too bad.  Do you think pushing it harder than that will give better results?

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