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OCW test distance for 338LM?
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<blockquote data-quote="FURMAN" data-source="post: 1722777" data-attributes="member: 26535"><p>OCW should always be done at 100 yards period. You are looking for POI shift from charge to charge and you need to eliminate all outside variables possible. Ladders should be done at over 500 yards and the farther the better within reason. I prefer 800-1000.</p><p></p><p>The Satterlee method works less than 50% of the time. I can show you countless velocity "flat spots" that were not accurate at all. I think people pushing this do not do much load development. The velocity node must match the accuracy node and the fact is this is not always the same. I have NEVER seen the OCW fail. I have never seen the ladder fail. I will say that one rifle I did an OCW with was so forgiving at 100 yards that 15 bullets, 3 each at 5 different powder charges were all in the same POI under .5moa so I had to end up doing a ladder at 600 yards to actually distinguish which load would hold up long range.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FURMAN, post: 1722777, member: 26535"] OCW should always be done at 100 yards period. You are looking for POI shift from charge to charge and you need to eliminate all outside variables possible. Ladders should be done at over 500 yards and the farther the better within reason. I prefer 800-1000. The Satterlee method works less than 50% of the time. I can show you countless velocity "flat spots" that were not accurate at all. I think people pushing this do not do much load development. The velocity node must match the accuracy node and the fact is this is not always the same. I have NEVER seen the OCW fail. I have never seen the ladder fail. I will say that one rifle I did an OCW with was so forgiving at 100 yards that 15 bullets, 3 each at 5 different powder charges were all in the same POI under .5moa so I had to end up doing a ladder at 600 yards to actually distinguish which load would hold up long range. [/QUOTE]
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