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First OCW, your thoughts(pic heavy)
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<blockquote data-quote="woods" data-source="post: 411008" data-attributes="member: 6042"><p>I'm sorry, I don't mean to discourage you. It's just that I went through the OCW phase a couple of years ago and it did me no good, and I tried. Perhaps you can get something out of it.</p><p></p><p>That being said, just look at your targets. Excellent groups and all about the same size. If you took away the vertical (which is purely a function of increased velocity with increased charge), then you would have an excellent multi shot group all in the same place. </p><p></p><p>There is also a ladder test called the Audette which is shot at 300 yards. In that test you load one load at each powder charge. When shooting you make note of the POI on the target (spotting scope & target at the bench) so that you can number them later. Supposedly you will get a constant vertical rise until 3 or 4 of the shots are closer together. That will be your accuracy node. Now I'm not saying the Audette is the cat's meouw either, it just makes more sense to me. Here is a pic of one for illustration</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/bwestfall/TARGETS/DSCN0914.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>That one was with a 338 win mag with 225 gr TSX's, so yours with a more accurate target gun might give you better results. Even so after that test I settled on a load around the #5, 6 & 7 shots, played a little with seating depth and got good results.</p><p></p><p>But I don't use the Audette much. Mostly I will look for load data and results on the reloading forums, post a question about the caliber if I need to, consult the manuals, start lower and work up in 3 or 4 shot groups and go shooting</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/bwestfall/TARGETS/DSCN1833.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>IMO there are no magic answers, just repeated excellent results over a long span of time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="woods, post: 411008, member: 6042"] I'm sorry, I don't mean to discourage you. It's just that I went through the OCW phase a couple of years ago and it did me no good, and I tried. Perhaps you can get something out of it. That being said, just look at your targets. Excellent groups and all about the same size. If you took away the vertical (which is purely a function of increased velocity with increased charge), then you would have an excellent multi shot group all in the same place. There is also a ladder test called the Audette which is shot at 300 yards. In that test you load one load at each powder charge. When shooting you make note of the POI on the target (spotting scope & target at the bench) so that you can number them later. Supposedly you will get a constant vertical rise until 3 or 4 of the shots are closer together. That will be your accuracy node. Now I'm not saying the Audette is the cat's meouw either, it just makes more sense to me. Here is a pic of one for illustration [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/bwestfall/TARGETS/DSCN0914.jpg[/IMG] That one was with a 338 win mag with 225 gr TSX's, so yours with a more accurate target gun might give you better results. Even so after that test I settled on a load around the #5, 6 & 7 shots, played a little with seating depth and got good results. But I don't use the Audette much. Mostly I will look for load data and results on the reloading forums, post a question about the caliber if I need to, consult the manuals, start lower and work up in 3 or 4 shot groups and go shooting [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/bwestfall/TARGETS/DSCN1833.jpg[/IMG] IMO there are no magic answers, just repeated excellent results over a long span of time. [/QUOTE]
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