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<blockquote data-quote="shortpants" data-source="post: 611356" data-attributes="member: 30564"><p>New to reloading so I'm sorry if this comes out sounding silly.</p><p></p><p>Let's say I want to find a good LRH load for my rifle Brand X in caliber X, doesn't matter. I've got 2 different bullets, a few different powders, and a couple different primers I could experiment with. I want to find the combo that is the most accurate in my rifle. My intensions are to do a ladder test but do I ladder test each of these several different combos or do I narrow down the combos first and then ladder test the one that is most accurate? When I ladder test how many of the same do you load up and how many grains do you go up at a time? I've noticed in reading some of the past threads about ladder testing that you don't all do it the same. Some do it past 800yds. and rely more on what the impacts show while others do it much closer and rely more on velocities. I thought the original ladder test was done relying on impacts and going up in powder volume with each shot. If this is the case it would seem pointless to rely on velocities because you could not get an accurate ES/SD.</p><p></p><p>I want to start precision handloading and know I have much to learn but it is easier to cheat and learn it right from you guys than it would be to learn from my own mistakes even though I know there will still be plenty of them.</p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Jason</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortpants, post: 611356, member: 30564"] New to reloading so I'm sorry if this comes out sounding silly. Let's say I want to find a good LRH load for my rifle Brand X in caliber X, doesn't matter. I've got 2 different bullets, a few different powders, and a couple different primers I could experiment with. I want to find the combo that is the most accurate in my rifle. My intensions are to do a ladder test but do I ladder test each of these several different combos or do I narrow down the combos first and then ladder test the one that is most accurate? When I ladder test how many of the same do you load up and how many grains do you go up at a time? I've noticed in reading some of the past threads about ladder testing that you don't all do it the same. Some do it past 800yds. and rely more on what the impacts show while others do it much closer and rely more on velocities. I thought the original ladder test was done relying on impacts and going up in powder volume with each shot. If this is the case it would seem pointless to rely on velocities because you could not get an accurate ES/SD. I want to start precision handloading and know I have much to learn but it is easier to cheat and learn it right from you guys than it would be to learn from my own mistakes even though I know there will still be plenty of them. Thanks, Jason [/QUOTE]
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