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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 213829" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>I pretty much load for maximum velocity with reasonable accuracy. I do not look for maximum accuracy. I do not find load development to be fun. Reasonable accuracy is something below 0.5 MOA for a 1K rifle and about 1.0 for a 600 yard rifle and 2.0 MOA for short range, knock em down while they are chewing on your leg rifles. For example, if I was to get stupid and go grizzly bear hunting in thick alders I would not care at all about accuracy.</p><p></p><p>What I do with a new rifle is start at some reasonable low level and load one round in about 0.3 grain increments and run up until I believe I have reached maximum and the gun has some chance of blowing up. I do not recommend that other people risk their rifles and their body parts but it is what I do. I do this for barrel break in. I look at how each shot groups relative to the others. I do this at 100 yards for most rifles. If a rifles persists in being obnoxious then I will try it at longer range if shooting VLDs. All of these bullets are loaded just at the lands although sometimes I goof up and get them too far up or back.</p><p></p><p>Once I have shot my pressure curve bullets, I will look at the target and see if the bullets at maximum pressure are grouped close together. I then select three loads at and near maximum and load up about six bullet each or whatever amount I need to finish barrel break in (remember that I do not find this to be fun). I then take these loads and shoot two groups each and check for accuracy.</p><p></p><p>I look and see if these top pressure loads provide good accuracy and select one if it is good. </p><p></p><p>If things are not good, then I start changing bullets until I find one the rifle likes. I view seating depth as simply a fine tuning step. Brass, primers, bullets and powder are more important. If I get several good rounds in a group but then one out, I will look at ignition problems and switch primers.</p><p></p><p>I do not like to change powders as it means I am having a real problem.</p><p></p><p>I just got rid of 185 bullets that a new rifle did not like. I gave the 85 box to a guy and told him that if they shot well for him he could buy them plus my other box and if they didn't shoot for him then he could return what was left or pass them on to someone else. His rifle which had not liked any other bullet just loved them even though my rifle did not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 213829, member: 8"] I pretty much load for maximum velocity with reasonable accuracy. I do not look for maximum accuracy. I do not find load development to be fun. Reasonable accuracy is something below 0.5 MOA for a 1K rifle and about 1.0 for a 600 yard rifle and 2.0 MOA for short range, knock em down while they are chewing on your leg rifles. For example, if I was to get stupid and go grizzly bear hunting in thick alders I would not care at all about accuracy. What I do with a new rifle is start at some reasonable low level and load one round in about 0.3 grain increments and run up until I believe I have reached maximum and the gun has some chance of blowing up. I do not recommend that other people risk their rifles and their body parts but it is what I do. I do this for barrel break in. I look at how each shot groups relative to the others. I do this at 100 yards for most rifles. If a rifles persists in being obnoxious then I will try it at longer range if shooting VLDs. All of these bullets are loaded just at the lands although sometimes I goof up and get them too far up or back. Once I have shot my pressure curve bullets, I will look at the target and see if the bullets at maximum pressure are grouped close together. I then select three loads at and near maximum and load up about six bullet each or whatever amount I need to finish barrel break in (remember that I do not find this to be fun). I then take these loads and shoot two groups each and check for accuracy. I look and see if these top pressure loads provide good accuracy and select one if it is good. If things are not good, then I start changing bullets until I find one the rifle likes. I view seating depth as simply a fine tuning step. Brass, primers, bullets and powder are more important. If I get several good rounds in a group but then one out, I will look at ignition problems and switch primers. I do not like to change powders as it means I am having a real problem. I just got rid of 185 bullets that a new rifle did not like. I gave the 85 box to a guy and told him that if they shot well for him he could buy them plus my other box and if they didn't shoot for him then he could return what was left or pass them on to someone else. His rifle which had not liked any other bullet just loved them even though my rifle did not. [/QUOTE]
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