Model 12 low profile, Savage in 243. Win opinions

Hodge Podge · February 17, 2010, 10:11 PM

I really love this rifle for shooting groundhogs and crows at long ranges. I would just like to know what everyone elses opinions is on it, or loads and purposes. I am new here and so far am loving this forum...its like heaven to me. And no idiots...so far

mt_dren · February 17, 2010, 11:19 PM

I don't know how mine shoots yet. I got a 12FV in a 22-250 (not a low profile) in late December and recently put a VX-III 6.5-20LR. I have been getting different loads setup to test and if the weather is good this weekend I will finally get to go to the range.

mt_dren

Hodge Podge · February 18, 2010, 04:37 PM

im going to try 55 grain Nosler rounds with a load of 46 grains

.300 Weatherby Mag · February 18, 2010, 04:45 PM

I have a model 12 VLP in 22-250... She drives tacks... I would try the 75 grain hornady v-max in that .243...

tINY · February 19, 2010, 12:49 AM

That's a lot of gun for those critters...

Have you considered getting a 22-250 barrel to screw onto that receiver?

-tINY

bamaranger · February 19, 2010, 02:40 AM

I'm the owner of a Savage .243 also, but a 110 "J" series. Its got the prettiest piece of walnut you ever saw for a Savage. It belonged to my Dad. I'm not sure why he bought it, he owned a push feed M70 in .270. Maybe the look.
Again the wood is fine. Somebody was asleep when they cut a Savage production rifle from that blank.
Anyhow.....

He shot it better than any centerfire he ever owned. I believe, for one reason, that it kicked less, but I'd have never told him that.

Dad's 110 is the only .243 with which I have any experience. For a long time, , I was a .243 basher, and felt they were not enough gun for deer. I gave a buddy in college a really hard time.

Now I have seen a few more deer killed w/ any variety of calibers, than in those brazen days and make no such fool of myself. Dad's rifle came w/ several boxes of Rem 100 gr SP's, and the deer I've shot w/ it, as well as my teenage son, were plenty dead. The boy's shot BTW, posted else where, was 260 yds on his first buck, a spike. This old Savage (its a long action) will shoot into an inch (100 yds, 3 shots) w/ the Rem factory ammo and a 3-9 Leu VX-II. The trigger was absolutely awful when it came into my hands, I don't see how Dad managed it. A bit of careful tweaking yielded a useable switch. I zero 2" high at 100, figure on at 200.

I have some Nosler 100 gr partitions on hand for reloads, but am still shooting Dad's ammo. I know of several others that are hunting deer regularly w/ .243. They are all shooting reloads w/ the Nosler 95 gr Ballistic Tip. They say that sometimes no exits, but much damage and DRT.

**Art Eatman** · February 19, 2010, 11:46 AM

I loaded a bunch of 55-grain for a prairie dog hunt. Sure, "overkill", but plenty good to 300 yards, easily.

I've killed some 20+ bucks with Sierra's 85-grain HPBT, but I limit my shots to either neck or cross-body heart/lung. I won't take an angling shot; I doubt the adequate penetration. Mostly neck shots; all DRT. That load is ruinacious on coyotes.

Hodge Podge · February 19, 2010, 04:05 PM

are those 55 grains bullets from Nosler. Thats what im gonna use this summer but i heard the bullet is to small and will 'tear' apart. but the twist in my rifle is 1:9 slower than normal rifles.

February 17, 2010, 10:11 PM	#1
Hodge Podge Member Join Date: February 17, 2010 Location: 4D, PA Posts: 25	Model 12 low profile, Savage in 243. Win opinions I really love this rifle for shooting groundhogs and crows at long ranges. I would just like to know what everyone elses opinions is on it, or loads and purposes. I am new here and so far am loving this forum...its like heaven to me. And no idiots...so far

February 19, 2010, 02:40 AM	#6
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 1,442	Savage 110, .243 I'm the owner of a Savage .243 also, but a 110 "J" series. Its got the prettiest piece of walnut you ever saw for a Savage. It belonged to my Dad. I'm not sure why he bought it, he owned a push feed M70 in .270. Maybe the look. Again the wood is fine. Somebody was asleep when they cut a Savage production rifle from that blank. Anyhow..... He shot it better than any centerfire he ever owned. I believe, for one reason, that it kicked less, but I'd have never told him that. Dad's 110 is the only .243 with which I have any experience. For a long time, , I was a .243 basher, and felt they were not enough gun for deer. I gave a buddy in college a really hard time. Now I have seen a few more deer killed w/ any variety of calibers, than in those brazen days and make no such fool of myself. Dad's rifle came w/ several boxes of Rem 100 gr SP's, and the deer I've shot w/ it, as well as my teenage son, were plenty dead. The boy's shot BTW, posted else where, was 260 yds on his first buck, a spike. This old Savage (its a long action) will shoot into an inch (100 yds, 3 shots) w/ the Rem factory ammo and a 3-9 Leu VX-II. The trigger was absolutely awful when it came into my hands, I don't see how Dad managed it. A bit of careful tweaking yielded a useable switch. I zero 2" high at 100, figure on at 200. I have some Nosler 100 gr partitions on hand for reloads, but am still shooting Dad's ammo. I know of several others that are hunting deer regularly w/ .243. They are all shooting reloads w/ the Nosler 95 gr Ballistic Tip. They say that sometimes no exits, but much damage and DRT.

February 19, 2010, 11:46 AM	#7
Art Eatman Staff Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX, USA Posts: 17,453	I loaded a bunch of 55-grain for a prairie dog hunt. Sure, "overkill", but plenty good to 300 yards, easily. I've killed some 20+ bucks with Sierra's 85-grain HPBT, but I limit my shots to either neck or cross-body heart/lung. I won't take an angling shot; I doubt the adequate penetration. Mostly neck shots; all DRT. That load is ruinacious on coyotes. __________________ Want to be cruel? Make someone think.

February 17, 2010, 11:19 PM	#2
mt_dren Member Join Date: September 27, 2009 Posts: 41	I don't know how mine shoots yet. I got a 12FV in a 22-250 (not a low profile) in late December and recently put a VX-III 6.5-20LR. I have been getting different loads setup to test and if the weather is good this weekend I will finally get to go to the range. mt_dren

February 18, 2010, 04:37 PM	#3
Hodge Podge Member Join Date: February 17, 2010 Location: 4D, PA Posts: 25	im going to try 55 grain Nosler rounds with a load of 46 grains

February 18, 2010, 04:45 PM	#4
.300 Weatherby Mag Senior Member Join Date: September 6, 2008 Posts: 780	I have a model 12 VLP in 22-250... She drives tacks... I would try the 75 grain hornady v-max in that .243...

February 19, 2010, 12:49 AM	#5
tINY Senior Member Join Date: April 26, 2005 Location: Orygun Posts: 2,564	That's a lot of gun for those critters... Have you considered getting a 22-250 barrel to screw onto that receiver? -tINY

February 19, 2010, 04:05 PM	#8
Hodge Podge Member Join Date: February 17, 2010 Location: 4D, PA Posts: 25	are those 55 grains bullets from Nosler. Thats what im gonna use this summer but i heard the bullet is to small and will 'tear' apart. but the twist in my rifle is 1:9 slower than normal rifles.