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<blockquote data-quote="Whitesheep" data-source="post: 748173" data-attributes="member: 26409"><p>I am glad to see this thread is still going. Hard to believe it has been almost a year since I posted. Since then I have given up on the Bergers and gone back to the SGK. They are much less expensive and much more consistent in length to ogive and weight. I have a load for my T/C PH in .280 REM with 160 SGK's that is a solid 1 MOA load for me off my sand bag rests. This is fine for me since I am a hunter first and a target shooter second (I don't carry the rests in the field).</p><p></p><p>As for which method is best, I have settled on the length first then powder weight second method and have found in some rifles that COL makes a much bigger difference in accuracy than powder weight. I have a .308 FNAR that is picky about length (likes 'em short like me<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />), but really couldn't care about powder weight. Sure the POI moves, but the groups stay the same. This is for 0.5 gr increments over about a total of 2grs FWIW.</p><p></p><p>I still think small caliber rifle accuracy is a very complex system with multiple accuracy minimums. The trick is to find one that works for what you want it to do. Once I hit 1 MOA consistently, I am done and now practicing with that round. Could there be better ones a 0.005" COL or a 0.1 gr away? Maybe when I have more range time I will find them, but for now 1 MOA is good enough for me.</p><p></p><p>See ya in the forest, or maybe the desert depending on the time of year<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whitesheep, post: 748173, member: 26409"] I am glad to see this thread is still going. Hard to believe it has been almost a year since I posted. Since then I have given up on the Bergers and gone back to the SGK. They are much less expensive and much more consistent in length to ogive and weight. I have a load for my T/C PH in .280 REM with 160 SGK's that is a solid 1 MOA load for me off my sand bag rests. This is fine for me since I am a hunter first and a target shooter second (I don't carry the rests in the field). As for which method is best, I have settled on the length first then powder weight second method and have found in some rifles that COL makes a much bigger difference in accuracy than powder weight. I have a .308 FNAR that is picky about length (likes 'em short like me:)), but really couldn't care about powder weight. Sure the POI moves, but the groups stay the same. This is for 0.5 gr increments over about a total of 2grs FWIW. I still think small caliber rifle accuracy is a very complex system with multiple accuracy minimums. The trick is to find one that works for what you want it to do. Once I hit 1 MOA consistently, I am done and now practicing with that round. Could there be better ones a 0.005" COL or a 0.1 gr away? Maybe when I have more range time I will find them, but for now 1 MOA is good enough for me. See ya in the forest, or maybe the desert depending on the time of year:D. [/QUOTE]
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