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Full Length or Neck Only; What's Best Resizing for Accuracy?
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<blockquote data-quote="Orange Dust" data-source="post: 1803310" data-attributes="member: 92702"><p>Ok guys, after reading this thread, you may be scratching your head and wondering if all the trouble JE and I are talking about is worth it. I will assure you it is not necessary if you want to shoot game at 400yds or less. If you want to shoot far it absolutely is. Allow me to share a story with you. The other day a friend of mine missed a deer. He asked me to go with him to check his rifle. He shoots a shelf rifle with factory loads from Wal-Mart. I loaded everything in the SxS and we went to where we have a range set up on our place. I put my rifle in since deer season was open. We sighted in his rifle without incident. He said "lets see you shoot that fancy rifle with those reloads you shoot". I said "ok, put up a clean target. He did, and I told him to get in the SxS. Started driving back toward camp. Went across the field we were in and kept going. When we got half way across the next one he asked if I was going to shoot or if I was chicken. I stopped, and ranged the target. 597. He said he couldn't even see it. Got my rifle, and down on my belly. Wind was 1mph right to left. I dialed 1.5Mils U and .1Mils R and let one fly. Then another. We drove back to the target and all he had to say was "Can you teach me?".</p><p>[ATTACH]168233[/ATTACH]</p><p>I explained to him that the fact they hit right beside each other was irrelevant. What matters is the vertical. I would have also been happy if they had been 2-3" apart with no vertical. This is a good load. Once I finish load development in a hunting rifle I don't shoot groups any more with that load. Just a cold bore and a follow up. Target is 1" squares, and his rifle does not shoot this well @100. He was utterly amazed. I told him it is really no big deal, and not really that hard to do. It does take patience and attention to detail.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orange Dust, post: 1803310, member: 92702"] Ok guys, after reading this thread, you may be scratching your head and wondering if all the trouble JE and I are talking about is worth it. I will assure you it is not necessary if you want to shoot game at 400yds or less. If you want to shoot far it absolutely is. Allow me to share a story with you. The other day a friend of mine missed a deer. He asked me to go with him to check his rifle. He shoots a shelf rifle with factory loads from Wal-Mart. I loaded everything in the SxS and we went to where we have a range set up on our place. I put my rifle in since deer season was open. We sighted in his rifle without incident. He said "lets see you shoot that fancy rifle with those reloads you shoot". I said "ok, put up a clean target. He did, and I told him to get in the SxS. Started driving back toward camp. Went across the field we were in and kept going. When we got half way across the next one he asked if I was going to shoot or if I was chicken. I stopped, and ranged the target. 597. He said he couldn't even see it. Got my rifle, and down on my belly. Wind was 1mph right to left. I dialed 1.5Mils U and .1Mils R and let one fly. Then another. We drove back to the target and all he had to say was "Can you teach me?". [ATTACH]168233[/ATTACH] I explained to him that the fact they hit right beside each other was irrelevant. What matters is the vertical. I would have also been happy if they had been 2-3" apart with no vertical. This is a good load. Once I finish load development in a hunting rifle I don't shoot groups any more with that load. Just a cold bore and a follow up. Target is 1" squares, and his rifle does not shoot this well @100. He was utterly amazed. I told him it is really no big deal, and not really that hard to do. It does take patience and attention to detail. [/QUOTE]
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