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Reloading
Does seating depth a have this large impact on group size?
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<blockquote data-quote="engineer40" data-source="post: 1136702" data-attributes="member: 90399"><p>The biggest improvement I myself had got is going from about 1.25 inch 5 shot groups to .25 inch groups messing with just the seating depth. So it is certainly feasible. </p><p></p><p>I usually will keep some cheap factory ammo around like Prvi. I keep saved targets. When Im confused with my reloading results and I start to question if it is the rifle or my reloading, Ill do a group with my "known quantity". It doesnt matter if the factory ammo doesnt shoot great groups. But if that stays consistent, well then most likely its my reloads. Hope that makes sense.</p><p></p><p>I once had a rifle that was shooting crazy. Good groups sometimes then huge groups. I couldnt figure it out. Im positive I shot over 100 rounds trying to determine what the problem was. I started to think the dang barrel might be coming off the receiver or something. The scope felt tight. It didnt seem to move and it did not make any noise when i tried to wiggle it. But i did remember the scope base had come lose the summer before. Then I also remembered I mounted that scope back when I just trusted that Loctite always worked. So I took the scope rings and base off, cleaned all male and female threads with Non-Residue brake cleaner, put it all back together (again using Loctite) and the rifle shot great again. Almost every metal part in the firearms industry gets shipped with a thin layer of oil on it. Loctite wont do its job if there is any residue at all on the metal. Since then both my Dad and an Uncle had the same exact problem and their scopes were installed by a gunsmith. The permanent fix for both was the same as I did above. </p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="engineer40, post: 1136702, member: 90399"] The biggest improvement I myself had got is going from about 1.25 inch 5 shot groups to .25 inch groups messing with just the seating depth. So it is certainly feasible. I usually will keep some cheap factory ammo around like Prvi. I keep saved targets. When Im confused with my reloading results and I start to question if it is the rifle or my reloading, Ill do a group with my "known quantity". It doesnt matter if the factory ammo doesnt shoot great groups. But if that stays consistent, well then most likely its my reloads. Hope that makes sense. I once had a rifle that was shooting crazy. Good groups sometimes then huge groups. I couldnt figure it out. Im positive I shot over 100 rounds trying to determine what the problem was. I started to think the dang barrel might be coming off the receiver or something. The scope felt tight. It didnt seem to move and it did not make any noise when i tried to wiggle it. But i did remember the scope base had come lose the summer before. Then I also remembered I mounted that scope back when I just trusted that Loctite always worked. So I took the scope rings and base off, cleaned all male and female threads with Non-Residue brake cleaner, put it all back together (again using Loctite) and the rifle shot great again. Almost every metal part in the firearms industry gets shipped with a thin layer of oil on it. Loctite wont do its job if there is any residue at all on the metal. Since then both my Dad and an Uncle had the same exact problem and their scopes were installed by a gunsmith. The permanent fix for both was the same as I did above. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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