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Copper Fouling or what?
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<blockquote data-quote="The Oregonian" data-source="post: 1132848" data-attributes="member: 51405"><p>I think hand loading will help a lot, at least based on my limited experience. Bullet choice goes up while groups should tighten up. I have only been reloading for a year and a half, but I had no one to show me the ropes. Darrell Holland DVD and reading and asking questions here were all I used. And I got my factory and unmodified abolt 270win to go from about 1.25 -1.5 MOA to about .75. </p><p></p><p>In that process I saw how much groups can change based on several factors, such as powder, charge, ES, etc. it was a revelation to me how much each of those things matter. Now take all of those variations and make them static...how many are likely to be in the sweet spot for your gun?</p><p></p><p>For me, having a more accurate gun helped me to practice better. I could isolate a random flyer as something I did rather than the inherent inconsistency in the rifle. That has proven to be even more true now that I have a custom that will hit sub .5. It lets me focus on what I am doing wrong...conditions, misreading wind, or not compensating for the atmospheric conditions appropriately.</p><p></p><p>You can get in pretty cheaply with some of the starter kits, though I didn't want to replace things later with nicer equipment so I paid a little more to piece it together myself with nicer equipment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Oregonian, post: 1132848, member: 51405"] I think hand loading will help a lot, at least based on my limited experience. Bullet choice goes up while groups should tighten up. I have only been reloading for a year and a half, but I had no one to show me the ropes. Darrell Holland DVD and reading and asking questions here were all I used. And I got my factory and unmodified abolt 270win to go from about 1.25 -1.5 MOA to about .75. In that process I saw how much groups can change based on several factors, such as powder, charge, ES, etc. it was a revelation to me how much each of those things matter. Now take all of those variations and make them static...how many are likely to be in the sweet spot for your gun? For me, having a more accurate gun helped me to practice better. I could isolate a random flyer as something I did rather than the inherent inconsistency in the rifle. That has proven to be even more true now that I have a custom that will hit sub .5. It lets me focus on what I am doing wrong...conditions, misreading wind, or not compensating for the atmospheric conditions appropriately. You can get in pretty cheaply with some of the starter kits, though I didn't want to replace things later with nicer equipment so I paid a little more to piece it together myself with nicer equipment. [/QUOTE]
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