At what range do you do load development?

The Oregonian

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Curious what people here have to say. I expect most people will confirm it at longer range, but what range do you do your primary development?

I have easy access to 100, 200, and 300, with access to 600 one night a week.

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I do the preliminary development at 100 yards. Once I've got a good handle on MV, SD, and how the load prints on target, I move out to 300 to fine tune it - usually with seating depth adjustments.
If it's not printing consistently under 2 MOA at 300 I didn't do it right at 100.
 
I used to do everything at 100 yards because that's all I had to work with.

Now that I've got access to a better range, I do my initial testing at 200 yards and again at 300.
 
I do my ladder testing and tuning at 400. I have found that to work best for me. Once I have a load shooting good I will do a few groups at 100 just to see what it will do.
 
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