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<blockquote data-quote="goodgrouper" data-source="post: 250489" data-attributes="member: 2852"><p>Glad you finally found the right combination and I hope I wasn't too confusing in my explanation of the loading process. Sometimes, when guys ask me to help them find a load, I end up going right over their heads!</p><p></p><p></p><p>And I totally agree with your statement here:</p><p>"There are many (helpful to newbies) details that don't get mentioned unless you are specific in your questions. It's not that they are secrets either. You have to know what to ask in some cases, and in others it may be assumed you already know certain things. If you're like me sometimes you comprehend what you've read only after you've got to the point you experienced what ever it was."</p><p></p><p></p><p>There are just certain things that can't be taught until the learner "visualizes" what your talking about and they can't do that until they "get to a certain point". The teacher isn't keeping secrets, it's just what you said.</p><p></p><p>The three shot incremental load development that I told you about works. In fact, yesterday, I took a brand spankin new 6br improved to the range with 6 rows of charges loaded up with three shots each to test for group at 100 yards while chronographing. I found two loads that had good groups and very small standard deviations. So I picked the load that had just a slightly larger group (.3" vs. a .220") but slightly better numbers (4 fps vs. 9 fps) and I went back inside and loaded up 12 shots of this load. I then went back outside and fired a group at 900 yards. It was a nice 4.25" five shot group. Then I handed the gun over to a buddy and let him shoot it. He plunked down a nice 7 shot 4.5" group. Not too bad!! </p><p></p><p>I had a load that was drilling them at 900 yards and it only took about 45 minutes total time to find it and that was with load time and cleaning mixed in there. It works! </p><p></p><p>Now I will just fine tune it a little with seating depths and see if I can't sweeten it up a little more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goodgrouper, post: 250489, member: 2852"] Glad you finally found the right combination and I hope I wasn't too confusing in my explanation of the loading process. Sometimes, when guys ask me to help them find a load, I end up going right over their heads! And I totally agree with your statement here: "There are many (helpful to newbies) details that don’t get mentioned unless you are specific in your questions. It’s not that they are secrets either. You have to know what to ask in some cases, and in others it may be assumed you already know certain things. If you’re like me sometimes you comprehend what you've read only after you've got to the point you experienced what ever it was." There are just certain things that can't be taught until the learner "visualizes" what your talking about and they can't do that until they "get to a certain point". The teacher isn't keeping secrets, it's just what you said. The three shot incremental load development that I told you about works. In fact, yesterday, I took a brand spankin new 6br improved to the range with 6 rows of charges loaded up with three shots each to test for group at 100 yards while chronographing. I found two loads that had good groups and very small standard deviations. So I picked the load that had just a slightly larger group (.3" vs. a .220") but slightly better numbers (4 fps vs. 9 fps) and I went back inside and loaded up 12 shots of this load. I then went back outside and fired a group at 900 yards. It was a nice 4.25" five shot group. Then I handed the gun over to a buddy and let him shoot it. He plunked down a nice 7 shot 4.5" group. Not too bad!! I had a load that was drilling them at 900 yards and it only took about 45 minutes total time to find it and that was with load time and cleaning mixed in there. It works! Now I will just fine tune it a little with seating depths and see if I can't sweeten it up a little more. [/QUOTE]
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