Just getting time to sit down and throw this out there.
I've never done a ladder nor OWC test, but want to take my reloading/accuracy to the next level. In the past MOA of dead deer was good enough, but 99% of my shots have been 200yds or less.
I have shot several over 400yds, but I've missed a few too!
To be honest I don't shoot targets very well so I fear a ladder test will be hard to read. I hit steel without too much effort as long as it doesn't have a dot on it to aim at.
Even as nice as this group is I pulled one shot. The low hole in the group I called. It is a 5 shot group. This was shot during the break in of the barrel. I have cleaned up the trigger since by polishing it, plus it's around 2lbs right now. It has about 30 rounds down the pipe right now.
So I'm planning to do a OWC test from this load. Is there any reason to drop below the powder charge I used to shoot this group?
I'm using a cheap chronograph so I'm not going to have any exact FPS reading, but I will be looking for groups without vertical stringing. The 2986fps is low and I would like to see if I can get it up to 3100fps...so I will be loading H4831 at 75.3...75.6...75.9 looking for pressure sign...I'm thinking to shoot this at 200yds.
Also these were shot about .010 off. Would I be better off to working with seating depth and just be happy to be this close to 3000fps?
I've never done a ladder nor OWC test, but want to take my reloading/accuracy to the next level. In the past MOA of dead deer was good enough, but 99% of my shots have been 200yds or less.
I have shot several over 400yds, but I've missed a few too!
To be honest I don't shoot targets very well so I fear a ladder test will be hard to read. I hit steel without too much effort as long as it doesn't have a dot on it to aim at.
Even as nice as this group is I pulled one shot. The low hole in the group I called. It is a 5 shot group. This was shot during the break in of the barrel. I have cleaned up the trigger since by polishing it, plus it's around 2lbs right now. It has about 30 rounds down the pipe right now.
So I'm planning to do a OWC test from this load. Is there any reason to drop below the powder charge I used to shoot this group?
I'm using a cheap chronograph so I'm not going to have any exact FPS reading, but I will be looking for groups without vertical stringing. The 2986fps is low and I would like to see if I can get it up to 3100fps...so I will be loading H4831 at 75.3...75.6...75.9 looking for pressure sign...I'm thinking to shoot this at 200yds.
Also these were shot about .010 off. Would I be better off to working with seating depth and just be happy to be this close to 3000fps?