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Hi im looking for a replacement powder for varget as just cant get the stuff and looks as if its getting banned anyway,so looking at vh European powders can anyone reccommend a good substitute for varget please? loading 243 vin 58 and 87 grain vmax

 

thanks in advance!!!!!

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Viht 140 in three 243s,just works very well/available.

RS will have an alternative,likely to be good.

 

One of the new Enduron series compliant powders may be varget like- IMR 4166 (though not much on those,yet...)

 

gbal

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There is no like for like but N140 has almost an identical burn rate and works in pretty much all cartridges that Varget does.

 

 

From what I can see, N140 and Varget differ slightly in energy - Joules per gram. I'm not sure how much of a difference this makes. Does anyone know why N160 is the recommended powder for the heavier bullets in .243?

 

Is anyone successfully using N140 in a 243 for a 90 to 100gr bullet?

 

P.S. MrC - cheers for the STL file :D I've sent it off for printing

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From what I can see, N140 and Varget differ slightly in energy - Joules per gram. I'm not sure how much of a difference this makes. Does anyone know why N160 is the recommended powder for the heavier bullets in .243?

 

Is anyone successfully using N140 in a 243 for a 90 to 100gr bullet?

 

P.S. MrC - cheers for the STL file :D I've sent it off for printing

 

I've no idea why its recommended but I had my best result with N160 shooting 105grn Amax. I'm sure there will be some case capacity sort of technical reason but, I'm not the person to articulate.

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Aris,powders are recommended by manufacturers on the basis of their testing-in general,the heavier bullets are best matched to slower powders for optimum performance.,and that holds within a cafrtridge,aswell as between different capacity cartridges/bullet weights.These all interact-bullet weight,case capacity,and the 'optimum' powder...eg in 243,V135 might be fine for the 55-58 light bullets,V140 is a reliable powder up to 87g bullets;V150/160 may be more suitable for the heaviest 100+gr bullets.SEe for comparison the recommendations for 308,as bullet weight increases (V 140-150 -165).Velocities and energy levels will differ a bit,as you note,but Vihtavuori lists these with their recommended loads,which give a fair indication..Ditto other manufacturers-be so guided.

 

gbal

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