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<blockquote data-quote="AJ Peacock" data-source="post: 285183" data-attributes="member: 4885"><p>I have more experience using the ladder with the lighter contour rifles and have had no trouble. The 338AM you built for me is my only 'heavy' gun. I didn't ladder test it, I played with the seating depth on the starting load and left it there! </p><p></p><p>The heaviest rifle I've ladder tested was the Varmint Contour Savage in 300WSM with a Joel Russo stock (13#'s). My 7RM is 8lbs all in (including Bipod). The lightest I've done is a 6# .243 Win, Rem 700 ADL. </p><p></p><p>The .243 (with it's super light barrel and high velocities) had the wildest swings on the target, the 300WSM (Varmint contour) had the smoothest steadiest vertical climb as the powder was increased. I'd guess that the heavier the barrel, the easier it is to 'decode' a ladder test. Probably has a lot to do with barrel harmonics.</p><p></p><p>In the article on 1000yd ladder tests, he said that at shorter distances, nodes can completely overlap each other. This would definitely make reading a target more difficult. </p><p></p><p>AJ</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AJ Peacock, post: 285183, member: 4885"] I have more experience using the ladder with the lighter contour rifles and have had no trouble. The 338AM you built for me is my only 'heavy' gun. I didn't ladder test it, I played with the seating depth on the starting load and left it there! The heaviest rifle I've ladder tested was the Varmint Contour Savage in 300WSM with a Joel Russo stock (13#'s). My 7RM is 8lbs all in (including Bipod). The lightest I've done is a 6# .243 Win, Rem 700 ADL. The .243 (with it's super light barrel and high velocities) had the wildest swings on the target, the 300WSM (Varmint contour) had the smoothest steadiest vertical climb as the powder was increased. I'd guess that the heavier the barrel, the easier it is to 'decode' a ladder test. Probably has a lot to do with barrel harmonics. In the article on 1000yd ladder tests, he said that at shorter distances, nodes can completely overlap each other. This would definitely make reading a target more difficult. AJ [/QUOTE]
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