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Reloading
When does everyone stop load development?
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<blockquote data-quote="Fitch" data-source="post: 410387" data-attributes="member: 19372"><p>I usually buy a rifle for a particular hunting mission. Most of the time I've picked the bullet before I buy the rifle - when I get the bullet to shoot well enough to carry out the hunting mission, I stop. </p><p> </p><p>I bought my .17 Remington to shoot the 20g V-Max in rocky pastures and clover fields. It took about 36 rounds to have a confirmed good hunting load for that bullet in that rifle. Now it only get's fired to confirm the zero, fouling shots on the way to go hunting, or at game. </p><p> </p><p>My 7mm MAG will be treated the same way once load development is completed.</p><p> </p><p>I used to keep tinkering and shooting lots of different bullets and powders - and I still do some of that with cartridges that have an expected barrel life up over 2,500 rounds. Most barrels have a limited useful life - every shot gets subtracted from the number of accurate rounds left. That being the case I try to minimize the shots so I get the benfit of hunting with a rifle that is still accurate.</p><p> </p><p>Fitch</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fitch, post: 410387, member: 19372"] I usually buy a rifle for a particular hunting mission. Most of the time I've picked the bullet before I buy the rifle - when I get the bullet to shoot well enough to carry out the hunting mission, I stop. I bought my .17 Remington to shoot the 20g V-Max in rocky pastures and clover fields. It took about 36 rounds to have a confirmed good hunting load for that bullet in that rifle. Now it only get's fired to confirm the zero, fouling shots on the way to go hunting, or at game. My 7mm MAG will be treated the same way once load development is completed. I used to keep tinkering and shooting lots of different bullets and powders - and I still do some of that with cartridges that have an expected barrel life up over 2,500 rounds. Most barrels have a limited useful life - every shot gets subtracted from the number of accurate rounds left. That being the case I try to minimize the shots so I get the benfit of hunting with a rifle that is still accurate. Fitch [/QUOTE]
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