youngtrout
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Well, I"m finally working on some loads for my Hart barreled, trued rem 700, 300 win mag.
So far my better preformers for powders have been RL22 and IMR4350. Mainly using 180 nosler accutip? But have been using Hordany 180 accubonds, they seem to be grouping well, and cost a lot less. As for use of the rifle, I have access to a 600 yard range so that will most likely be my upper limit until I find another range
I have only 100 rounds through the rifle, mainly getting fire formed cases out, and breakng in a barrel. I do notice the occasional flyer through (not ruling out shooter error) but I want to start looking into measuring and weighing bullets to start making better reloads.
With that background I was wondering about peoples methods,,,,I sat down with 70 hordany bullets (all I had on hand) last night and weighed them first, ranged from 179.1-180.1. So now I have them sorted, so started measuring for ogive,,,,,now I have them broken into lots in specific weight and lengths, problem is now that you start grouping them I get 3 of one 2 of another, 1 that doesn't seem to fit anywhere, etc.
I realize that if I had started with 1000 bullets then I would have a larger pot to pick from, but I'm courious what others do, and what tolorances are deemed acceptable, example, does bullet weight trump ogive, do you group ogive within .005 or .002, same with weight.
I see the method in the madness, but I'm trying to find the best method to incorporate it into my reloading, it would seem that grouping just into weight or just into ogive, while removing bullets that fall too far out of the "average" Or reloading small lots?
Thanks
So far my better preformers for powders have been RL22 and IMR4350. Mainly using 180 nosler accutip? But have been using Hordany 180 accubonds, they seem to be grouping well, and cost a lot less. As for use of the rifle, I have access to a 600 yard range so that will most likely be my upper limit until I find another range
I have only 100 rounds through the rifle, mainly getting fire formed cases out, and breakng in a barrel. I do notice the occasional flyer through (not ruling out shooter error) but I want to start looking into measuring and weighing bullets to start making better reloads.
With that background I was wondering about peoples methods,,,,I sat down with 70 hordany bullets (all I had on hand) last night and weighed them first, ranged from 179.1-180.1. So now I have them sorted, so started measuring for ogive,,,,,now I have them broken into lots in specific weight and lengths, problem is now that you start grouping them I get 3 of one 2 of another, 1 that doesn't seem to fit anywhere, etc.
I realize that if I had started with 1000 bullets then I would have a larger pot to pick from, but I'm courious what others do, and what tolorances are deemed acceptable, example, does bullet weight trump ogive, do you group ogive within .005 or .002, same with weight.
I see the method in the madness, but I'm trying to find the best method to incorporate it into my reloading, it would seem that grouping just into weight or just into ogive, while removing bullets that fall too far out of the "average" Or reloading small lots?
Thanks