240 Weatherby

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A friend of mine bought a .240 Weatherby recently.

he's using 90gr ? Nosler BT's at about 3000 fps he said. I think he should be able to get closer to 3400fps. He's getting 3/4" groups at 100, which is good, but could be better. I think his main purpose is yotes.

I've never worked with this cartridge, anybody have any favorite powders etc?

I think we will play with it a bit, probably bed it, as it seems to have a pressure point of some sort. I don't use Weatherby rifles much, so not 100% up to speed on their current bedding procedure.
 
Mine is very finnicky. I ended up using imr 7828ssc. 100 grain bullet @3425 @.700 moa, 87 grain bullet @ 3570 @ .625 moa. Federal 215 match primer in both cases. Mine too will go sub 1/2 moa if I reduce the speed by a couple of hundred fps, but then I may as well just get a 6mm remington.
 
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