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<blockquote data-quote="Mr Humble" data-source="post: 288305" data-attributes="member: 17781"><p>My $.02 from age 67 is:</p><p>This is just getting SILLY. Any good scale from a Lee on up will work fine if you RTFI.</p><p>I've had my Redding for 40 years, loaded 10 of 1000s of rounds on it and it still tests (with test weights) 100% on. The whole anal thing about reloading is amusing. It's the "nut behind the bolt" that makes the difference. Spend your time shooting four position at unknown ranges and you'll be a lot more successful hunter than somebody who is weighing his primers, turning necks and generally exhibiting obsessive compulsive behavior.</p><p>Go out and buy the new Gun Digest Collectors Guide and read the story by the late Col. Townsend Whelen. He was "America's Rifleman" and probably loaded 10 times the ammo any of us have and certainly killed far more game than most of us will ever see.</p><p>Game is actually more plentiful today than when he hunted, yet he managed to be very successful because he knew how to shoot AND how to hunt. While he is often quoted as saying:"Only accurate rifles are interesting.", his standard of hunting accuracy was 1.5-3 MOA. "Minute of Elk" at any ethical hunting range is not the same as trying to win a benchrest shoot.</p><p>Get out of the reloading room, off the benchrest and out on foot or horseback into the back country. It's a lot more rewarding!</p><p>400 Whelen and a (gasp) slow lock time 03' with a (gasp 2) wood stock, only a 2.5X scope (gasp 3), two stage NM trigger (gasp 4) with a 350 gr "Old X" Barnes lumbering along at 2000 fps at 250 lasered yards. Took a few steps and fell over dead.</p><p>1935 technology filled the freezer.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z231/leadloader/elk2997.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mr Humble, post: 288305, member: 17781"] My $.02 from age 67 is: This is just getting SILLY. Any good scale from a Lee on up will work fine if you RTFI. I've had my Redding for 40 years, loaded 10 of 1000s of rounds on it and it still tests (with test weights) 100% on. The whole anal thing about reloading is amusing. It's the "nut behind the bolt" that makes the difference. Spend your time shooting four position at unknown ranges and you'll be a lot more successful hunter than somebody who is weighing his primers, turning necks and generally exhibiting obsessive compulsive behavior. Go out and buy the new Gun Digest Collectors Guide and read the story by the late Col. Townsend Whelen. He was "America's Rifleman" and probably loaded 10 times the ammo any of us have and certainly killed far more game than most of us will ever see. Game is actually more plentiful today than when he hunted, yet he managed to be very successful because he knew how to shoot AND how to hunt. While he is often quoted as saying:"Only accurate rifles are interesting.", his standard of hunting accuracy was 1.5-3 MOA. "Minute of Elk" at any ethical hunting range is not the same as trying to win a benchrest shoot. Get out of the reloading room, off the benchrest and out on foot or horseback into the back country. It's a lot more rewarding! 400 Whelen and a (gasp) slow lock time 03' with a (gasp 2) wood stock, only a 2.5X scope (gasp 3), two stage NM trigger (gasp 4) with a 350 gr "Old X" Barnes lumbering along at 2000 fps at 250 lasered yards. Took a few steps and fell over dead. 1935 technology filled the freezer. [IMG]http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z231/leadloader/elk2997.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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