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When does everyone stop load development?
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 410395" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>JE,</p><p>You may want to edit the (.01 to 0.09 ft/sec) to (1 to 9 ft/sec), just to prevent confusion related to reasonable goals for reduction of Standard Deviation (SD). Your keyboard skipped two orders of magnitude.</p><p></p><p>How much time I spend depends on how many rifles I have and how much time I can afford. I invest time in the most pertinent rifles first until I'm reasonably content. Then I may go back and tinker some more. I do believe it's possible to get a feel for a rifle's general potential. A rifle that shoots many loads and bullets well, versus a rifle that requires a lot of work and soul searching to shoot well. I'll run/hunt with the rifle that seems to handle many different loads well as soon as I zero in on a favorite combination. I may then go back and tinker some more as time allows. The more difficult rifles - I'll play with longer. I've found that a rifle that doesn't readily shoot well may shoot a golden load pretty well. But those rifles seem more finicky. Anything changes a little bit and they don't seem to provide the consistency I desire or need to have confidence. I may not give up on them, but it takes a longer time to develop confidence that the load / rifle combo will consistently and reliably provide acceptable results.</p><p></p><p>If I find I have extra spare time, I'm not against tinkering, but like other's have stated, I'd rather tinker on a cartridge with longer barrel life so that by the time I'm done tinkering, the barrel still has useful hunting life left in it.</p><p></p><p>Assuming the rifle is assembled properly, I select bullets first and foremost. Then powders and power charges. Then primers & seating depths when I'm trying to reduce ES and SD. I shoot virtually all load development loads over a set of chronographs run in tandem and use the chrono information pretty extensively to toss out high ES/SD powders and/or powder charges if the load is truly for long range use. When I'm getting good groups and low ES/SD, it's time to smile.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 410395, member: 4191"] JE, You may want to edit the (.01 to 0.09 ft/sec) to (1 to 9 ft/sec), just to prevent confusion related to reasonable goals for reduction of Standard Deviation (SD). Your keyboard skipped two orders of magnitude. How much time I spend depends on how many rifles I have and how much time I can afford. I invest time in the most pertinent rifles first until I'm reasonably content. Then I may go back and tinker some more. I do believe it's possible to get a feel for a rifle's general potential. A rifle that shoots many loads and bullets well, versus a rifle that requires a lot of work and soul searching to shoot well. I'll run/hunt with the rifle that seems to handle many different loads well as soon as I zero in on a favorite combination. I may then go back and tinker some more as time allows. The more difficult rifles - I'll play with longer. I've found that a rifle that doesn't readily shoot well may shoot a golden load pretty well. But those rifles seem more finicky. Anything changes a little bit and they don't seem to provide the consistency I desire or need to have confidence. I may not give up on them, but it takes a longer time to develop confidence that the load / rifle combo will consistently and reliably provide acceptable results. If I find I have extra spare time, I'm not against tinkering, but like other's have stated, I'd rather tinker on a cartridge with longer barrel life so that by the time I'm done tinkering, the barrel still has useful hunting life left in it. Assuming the rifle is assembled properly, I select bullets first and foremost. Then powders and power charges. Then primers & seating depths when I'm trying to reduce ES and SD. I shoot virtually all load development loads over a set of chronographs run in tandem and use the chrono information pretty extensively to toss out high ES/SD powders and/or powder charges if the load is truly for long range use. When I'm getting good groups and low ES/SD, it's time to smile.:) [/QUOTE]
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