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<blockquote data-quote="goodgrouper" data-source="post: 185962" data-attributes="member: 2852"><p>Well, I have to fess up to that. I do like to tweak the best loads possible from a gun. It is a pain in the arse sometimes though! Like this past year, I tried to help a friend find a load for a 7 ultra. To get something to work to just put 4" groups at 400 yards required every trick in the book. We finally had to use a ball powder to get enough powder in the case to get a 180 Berger up to speed. By the time we got something that was repeatable with 10 degree temperature changes and kept low deviations, we had 400 rounds down the barrel. Then he wanted to see if primer switching gave better accuracy and before we knew it, he had 500 rounds down it. Well, then July came and Utah ran 3 weeks straight in the 100's and his load went all to hell. Primer pockets were loosened and the accuracy went away in a big hurry. So then, he bought new brass and had to test it to see if it liked the same load as the old brass. So we're out in the desert at midnight to keep from boiling and we're shooting more rounds thru the ultra. Then there was another 50 rounds gone. By the time October rolled around, his gun was taking twice as long to clean because the throat was getting toasted. He had 600 rounds down it and he ordered a new barrel for Christmas! </p><p></p><p>So sometimes tweaking is surely detrimental.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Another rambling here:</p><p>The more and more guns I aquire, the more I need to shoot them to stay fresh. In other words, there was a time when I felt totally competent with my 300 win mag for long range shooting year round. But as I got more and more long range guns, I found that I got less and less familiar with my older guns. So I found a need to shoot them more before the hunts. This in turn put more rounds down more barrels. So you can see it becomes a domino effect? Or maybe a more like a dog chasing it's tail is a better analogy. </p><p>By the time my hunt comes around, I make sure I know where that bullet is going to go, but I think I miss those days when there was just one gun to grab. I guess the old saying is true, fear the man with one gun because he likely knows how to use it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goodgrouper, post: 185962, member: 2852"] Well, I have to fess up to that. I do like to tweak the best loads possible from a gun. It is a pain in the arse sometimes though! Like this past year, I tried to help a friend find a load for a 7 ultra. To get something to work to just put 4" groups at 400 yards required every trick in the book. We finally had to use a ball powder to get enough powder in the case to get a 180 Berger up to speed. By the time we got something that was repeatable with 10 degree temperature changes and kept low deviations, we had 400 rounds down the barrel. Then he wanted to see if primer switching gave better accuracy and before we knew it, he had 500 rounds down it. Well, then July came and Utah ran 3 weeks straight in the 100's and his load went all to hell. Primer pockets were loosened and the accuracy went away in a big hurry. So then, he bought new brass and had to test it to see if it liked the same load as the old brass. So we're out in the desert at midnight to keep from boiling and we're shooting more rounds thru the ultra. Then there was another 50 rounds gone. By the time October rolled around, his gun was taking twice as long to clean because the throat was getting toasted. He had 600 rounds down it and he ordered a new barrel for Christmas! So sometimes tweaking is surely detrimental. Another rambling here: The more and more guns I aquire, the more I need to shoot them to stay fresh. In other words, there was a time when I felt totally competent with my 300 win mag for long range shooting year round. But as I got more and more long range guns, I found that I got less and less familiar with my older guns. So I found a need to shoot them more before the hunts. This in turn put more rounds down more barrels. So you can see it becomes a domino effect? Or maybe a more like a dog chasing it's tail is a better analogy. By the time my hunt comes around, I make sure I know where that bullet is going to go, but I think I miss those days when there was just one gun to grab. I guess the old saying is true, fear the man with one gun because he likely knows how to use it! [/QUOTE]
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