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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Reloading
Accuracy versus velocity
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<blockquote data-quote="Dean2" data-source="post: 1870462" data-attributes="member: 26077"><p>The answer is simple, pick the bullet that is constructed to do the job, if just target shooting, not an issue. Then step load till you find where you start to see pressure. Back off .75 of a grain, play with COAL till you get the best accuracy possible. Now go down .2 of a grain at a time to see if you hit a more accurate load. I have never failed to find a great shooting load very near the max safe loads for any rifle. There are nodes that are accurate and some are at lower velocity, but the theory that slower is always more accurate is pure nonsense. The issue is can you hit the next higher node at safe pressure. It also becomes, just how much more accurate is one load over the other and only the actual user can decide if the accuracy gain is worth a trade off in speed, and that will be determined by specific application. A 1/2 inch 458 versus a 1" 458 Win Mag makes no difference whatever, but on a 1000 yard rifle, big difference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dean2, post: 1870462, member: 26077"] The answer is simple, pick the bullet that is constructed to do the job, if just target shooting, not an issue. Then step load till you find where you start to see pressure. Back off .75 of a grain, play with COAL till you get the best accuracy possible. Now go down .2 of a grain at a time to see if you hit a more accurate load. I have never failed to find a great shooting load very near the max safe loads for any rifle. There are nodes that are accurate and some are at lower velocity, but the theory that slower is always more accurate is pure nonsense. The issue is can you hit the next higher node at safe pressure. It also becomes, just how much more accurate is one load over the other and only the actual user can decide if the accuracy gain is worth a trade off in speed, and that will be determined by specific application. A 1/2 inch 458 versus a 1" 458 Win Mag makes no difference whatever, but on a 1000 yard rifle, big difference. [/QUOTE]
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