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I had a Ruger 280 Rem that liked over .100 jump when using Berger. I prefer much closer but the rifle is the boss, not me.

I still have a .060 to test. Those groups were tightening up. May load some .070 and .080 until I hear the crunch. Thanks.

Prior to getting into reloading, I had a guy that custom loaded for me. He’d send a handful of color coded loads and we’d boil it down...

I still want to do a little more testing on a few rifles, but just going .050 and calling it a day sure does save components.

I've changed my reloading procedures as a result of three things. Trying Erik Cortina's method (.003 increments), Hornady's results...

.050 jump. Best group so far. I have one more load set at .060, but did not have time to test. Full test set

I loaded 4 different seating depth this evening, working my way down in .010 increments to .050 below the recommended COAL. Seeing what...

I need to correct what I said. I don't do node testing. I shoot groups and take speed, ES and SD from 2 grains below max to max, in .5...

Start at the node testing. You want a load with good SD and ES to work on seating depth. Plus, at least a decent group to work with...

I second that. Starting my 30-06 seating depth testing this weekend. My HOWA has a pretty tight chamber and the recommended COAL is...

Perhaps an oversimplification but I always start out at .020 off and only tweak from there if I can't get .5 MOA or less. It seems that...

I've found that 0.050 to 0.070 thou off the lands is a good starting point with Accubond and Scirocco II in 4 bullet weights, 3...

I have been working in .020 increments and fine tune once I find a preferred depth. My last bullet I worked with preferred a .070 jump...

I use the Berger recommended method. Fortunately most of the projectiles I shoot like either.010 or .030 OTL.

What increments do y'all use when seating depth testing. I have heard folks doing as little as .003 and Barnes says .015. Would love...