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What is the total cost of equipment to start neck turning?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Matteson" data-source="post: 2593489" data-attributes="member: 101791"><p>Well you don't have to turn your necks. I found out a long time ago that it improved the grouping some. Every little bit helps in getting a tighter group. Under 500yds and maybe a little farther you don't need that much, but wanting to achieve tighter group to me is what it's about. A 3" group @ 500yds works for me on deer size animals. Ground squirrels a different story. I have been up dating my reloading equipment in the last year or so. There is a lot out there and expense from very little to a great amount. It all depends on what you want and can afford. At the same time you need to see how those bullets is grouping at those somewhat extended ranges. A 1000yds I feel is a different story completely. I never tried to shot a 1000yds other than just for the hell of it. Distance wasn't measured, but would wonder if I could hit that rock at a long distance. Most of the shots were low and some high. No range finder at the time either. If nothing else you owe the animal a lot of respect and make one shot kills. I wish I could say all my animals I have taken over the years were one shot kills, but I can't. Most were! So it's up to you to do the correct thing. Either limit your range or get better at making those long shots. ES & ED to me are the two things that tell me the most about my reloads. I have a good load that the range can be extended out. I am not a match shooter, but it gives me insight as to what I need to do. Now the people have come up with ways to do thing a lot easier and faster, and more accurate. At the same time it's a rabbit hole for sure. The biggest thing is to plan on what you want to do with your reloading and achieve what you want or need. I am never happy with just so. so, but I want the best I can product, and always working toward that end. I have been reading here on ladder tests. So make a lot of sense, and it has changed my thinking in doing it. I use and still do, look for pressure signs as I increase my powder loads looking for high pressure signs. I hadn't really looked at the grouping areas. I generally increase my powder loads by .5gr increases looking for the pressure sign, but not looking at how they grouped. Thinking that with that much spread in powder there wasn't any reason to think about it. Changed my mind now. So I am adding some thinking on either decreasing some steps or adding some.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Matteson, post: 2593489, member: 101791"] Well you don't have to turn your necks. I found out a long time ago that it improved the grouping some. Every little bit helps in getting a tighter group. Under 500yds and maybe a little farther you don't need that much, but wanting to achieve tighter group to me is what it's about. A 3" group @ 500yds works for me on deer size animals. Ground squirrels a different story. I have been up dating my reloading equipment in the last year or so. There is a lot out there and expense from very little to a great amount. It all depends on what you want and can afford. At the same time you need to see how those bullets is grouping at those somewhat extended ranges. A 1000yds I feel is a different story completely. I never tried to shot a 1000yds other than just for the hell of it. Distance wasn't measured, but would wonder if I could hit that rock at a long distance. Most of the shots were low and some high. No range finder at the time either. If nothing else you owe the animal a lot of respect and make one shot kills. I wish I could say all my animals I have taken over the years were one shot kills, but I can't. Most were! So it's up to you to do the correct thing. Either limit your range or get better at making those long shots. ES & ED to me are the two things that tell me the most about my reloads. I have a good load that the range can be extended out. I am not a match shooter, but it gives me insight as to what I need to do. Now the people have come up with ways to do thing a lot easier and faster, and more accurate. At the same time it's a rabbit hole for sure. The biggest thing is to plan on what you want to do with your reloading and achieve what you want or need. I am never happy with just so. so, but I want the best I can product, and always working toward that end. I have been reading here on ladder tests. So make a lot of sense, and it has changed my thinking in doing it. I use and still do, look for pressure signs as I increase my powder loads looking for high pressure signs. I hadn't really looked at the grouping areas. I generally increase my powder loads by .5gr increases looking for the pressure sign, but not looking at how they grouped. Thinking that with that much spread in powder there wasn't any reason to think about it. Changed my mind now. So I am adding some thinking on either decreasing some steps or adding some. [/QUOTE]
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