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Consistent ES and SD
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<blockquote data-quote="Texis" data-source="post: 2748029" data-attributes="member: 121376"><p>From my research, Anything 15 and under will do. The wind will cause more misses than SDs in the mid teens at my hunting distances (under 700). </p><p>In my experience you either anneal every time, or not at all. Annealing every so many firings is a variable, variables in hand loading is bad. Annealing softens the brass and changes your neck tension.</p><p> I don't want to anneal every time, so I don't anneal anymore, and without negative consequences to my groups or SDs. </p><p>You said "Lapua", which I know will fire 20+ times without issue. Yes, each firing slightly changes the temper on the brass, but not nearly as much as annealing. </p><p>Did I give up on super low SDs.. sorta. Came to the conclusion I needed to learn the wind better, my hunting distances were 600 or less and firing only 1000-1200 rounds per year, I wasn't going to get good enough for 5 fps to matter. </p><p>For me, some hand loading rabbit holes aren't worth the trouble.. but like most, I have to chase them for a while before I come to that conclusion <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙈" title="See-no-evil monkey :see_no_evil:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f648.png" data-shortname=":see_no_evil:" /></p><p>I ask myself, was I developing a accurate, reliable Long Range hunting load, or trying to bench rest shooting at 1000yds? It is hunting loads I'm after, and 15 fps SDs is more than adequate for that. </p><p>As for not annealing, I don't shoot magnums. My 708 is easy on brass so that is probably also a factor of my brass' longevity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Texis, post: 2748029, member: 121376"] From my research, Anything 15 and under will do. The wind will cause more misses than SDs in the mid teens at my hunting distances (under 700). In my experience you either anneal every time, or not at all. Annealing every so many firings is a variable, variables in hand loading is bad. Annealing softens the brass and changes your neck tension. I don’t want to anneal every time, so I don’t anneal anymore, and without negative consequences to my groups or SDs. You said “Lapua”, which I know will fire 20+ times without issue. Yes, each firing slightly changes the temper on the brass, but not nearly as much as annealing. Did I give up on super low SDs.. sorta. Came to the conclusion I needed to learn the wind better, my hunting distances were 600 or less and firing only 1000-1200 rounds per year, I wasn’t going to get good enough for 5 fps to matter. For me, some hand loading rabbit holes aren’t worth the trouble.. but like most, I have to chase them for a while before I come to that conclusion 🙈 I ask myself, was I developing a accurate, reliable Long Range hunting load, or trying to bench rest shooting at 1000yds? It is hunting loads I’m after, and 15 fps SDs is more than adequate for that. As for not annealing, I don’t shoot magnums. My 708 is easy on brass so that is probably also a factor of my brass’ longevity. [/QUOTE]
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