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Weight sorting brass
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<blockquote data-quote="rscott5028" data-source="post: 671715" data-attributes="member: 24624"><p>Because you can go down to Walmart and buy a box of Rem Corelokt and kill a B&C trophy, some might say handloading is a waste of time. Only you can decide whether or not something is worthwhile. </p><p> </p><p>Weight sorting is easy. So, go for it if for no other reason than to have a record of the properties of the brass you're shooting. </p><p> </p><p>However, case volume is most likely a better predictor of consistent performance albeit more difficult and time consuming to measure. </p><p> </p><p>As for magnums vs small cartridges, it should be easier and more beneficial to measure large magnum cases. </p><p> </p><p>If you want to know if it's worthwhile, then try something scientific like... </p><p> </p><p>Record the water weight capacity for each (fired) case and sort them. Calculate the mean and standard deviation. Then, eliminate anything that's more than 2 standard deviations above or below the mean. Keep them sorted, load, and shoot them with a known good load and record your MV and group sizes. </p><p> </p><p>Graph your MV along side the case capacity and see if they track in the same direction. Look at your groups and see if they're better than you normally get with this load. (probably won't make much diference for short range and a good long range load will be more tolerant of subtle MV variation than a poor long range load)</p><p> </p><p>You can get a lot deeper with proving/disproving this statistically. But, chances are that if you can't discern sufficient benefit like this, then it's probably not worth <strong>"your"</strong> while. </p><p> </p><p>-- richard</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rscott5028, post: 671715, member: 24624"] Because you can go down to Walmart and buy a box of Rem Corelokt and kill a B&C trophy, some might say handloading is a waste of time. Only you can decide whether or not something is worthwhile. Weight sorting is easy. So, go for it if for no other reason than to have a record of the properties of the brass you're shooting. However, case volume is most likely a better predictor of consistent performance albeit more difficult and time consuming to measure. As for magnums vs small cartridges, it should be easier and more beneficial to measure large magnum cases. If you want to know if it's worthwhile, then try something scientific like... Record the water weight capacity for each (fired) case and sort them. Calculate the mean and standard deviation. Then, eliminate anything that's more than 2 standard deviations above or below the mean. Keep them sorted, load, and shoot them with a known good load and record your MV and group sizes. Graph your MV along side the case capacity and see if they track in the same direction. Look at your groups and see if they're better than you normally get with this load. (probably won't make much diference for short range and a good long range load will be more tolerant of subtle MV variation than a poor long range load) You can get a lot deeper with proving/disproving this statistically. But, chances are that if you can't discern sufficient benefit like this, then it's probably not worth [B]"your"[/B] while. -- richard [/QUOTE]
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