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<blockquote data-quote="bullfrog" data-source="post: 1082139" data-attributes="member: 26027"><p>To clarify a little more. I am shooting off a stable bench with a high quality adjustable front rest and rear bag. I have done all my testing of the faster powders at 100 yards and the groups referenced in my first post were all shot at 100 yards on a calm day (no wind to speak of anywhere). I have previously shot the slower powders at long range to make sure what I was seeing at the chronograph (Oehler 35P) was translating out to 1000 and it was. I had about a foot of vertical at 1000. I was not happy with this and have been trying to find a load with small extreme velocity spreads and did not have any success until trying 8208XBR and Varget. I have shot 350 rounds of load development with H4350, H4831SC, and RL17 without seeing anything that was stringing horizontal. I shot 50 rounds with the faster powders and the groups were clearly horizontal the entire time. It could be the fault of the shooter (me) but I don't think it is. I double check parallax every time out and take great care with my technique. My other rifles are shooting fine. </p><p></p><p>All shooting was done with the same brass (brand, lot, and X's fired), same lot of primers, same lot of bullets, same amount of neck tension, and all shot on the same day with the same setup, temp, conditions, etc. I know a lot of guys like to shoot farther than 100 yards but I don't want to waste the time and money shooting groups at long range when I know the load is not shooting as good as I want at 100. </p><p></p><p>I guess I was hoping someone had seen this before and might be able to point me in a direction to take.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bullfrog, post: 1082139, member: 26027"] To clarify a little more. I am shooting off a stable bench with a high quality adjustable front rest and rear bag. I have done all my testing of the faster powders at 100 yards and the groups referenced in my first post were all shot at 100 yards on a calm day (no wind to speak of anywhere). I have previously shot the slower powders at long range to make sure what I was seeing at the chronograph (Oehler 35P) was translating out to 1000 and it was. I had about a foot of vertical at 1000. I was not happy with this and have been trying to find a load with small extreme velocity spreads and did not have any success until trying 8208XBR and Varget. I have shot 350 rounds of load development with H4350, H4831SC, and RL17 without seeing anything that was stringing horizontal. I shot 50 rounds with the faster powders and the groups were clearly horizontal the entire time. It could be the fault of the shooter (me) but I don't think it is. I double check parallax every time out and take great care with my technique. My other rifles are shooting fine. All shooting was done with the same brass (brand, lot, and X's fired), same lot of primers, same lot of bullets, same amount of neck tension, and all shot on the same day with the same setup, temp, conditions, etc. I know a lot of guys like to shoot farther than 100 yards but I don't want to waste the time and money shooting groups at long range when I know the load is not shooting as good as I want at 100. I guess I was hoping someone had seen this before and might be able to point me in a direction to take. [/QUOTE]
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