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How much can a stock change with proper bedding increase accuracy with a specific ammo?
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<blockquote data-quote="JustMe2" data-source="post: 2902784" data-attributes="member: 42494"><p>Bedding your rifle will increase accuracy and it is reversible. If you don't like the bedding, just grind it out and redo it. How much it will improve YOUR accuracy depends on too many variables to give you a percentage of improvement.</p><p></p><p>Simone reloading is expensive. You can buy a lot of factory ammo for what it will cost you to buy just the reloading equipment. Also, the price of replacement bullets, powder, primers and brass continues to increase and is not inexpensive like it was years ago. You can calculate how much a factory round will cost you versus a reloaded round. Now amortize that difference against what it will cost you to purchase the equipment for the number of rounds you expect to shoot each year. That will tell you how many years it will take you to recover the cost of your equipment purchase plus the cost of years worth of bullets, powder, primers, etc. and finally start saving money? Reloading can be a deep rabbit hole.</p><p></p><p>Reloading might make sense if:</p><p>1) you shoot thousands of rounds each year to amortize the equipment purchase in your lifetime.</p><p>2) you enjoy reloading as a hobby</p><p>3) you like making wildcat ammo</p><p>4) you just enjoy experimenting with lots of different powders, primers, bullets, etc.</p><p>5) you shoot competitively and .1moa could make a difference in winning</p><p>6) you shoot animals at over 1000 meters and .2moa accuracy difference could create a wounded animal</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JustMe2, post: 2902784, member: 42494"] Bedding your rifle will increase accuracy and it is reversible. If you don't like the bedding, just grind it out and redo it. How much it will improve YOUR accuracy depends on too many variables to give you a percentage of improvement. Simone reloading is expensive. You can buy a lot of factory ammo for what it will cost you to buy just the reloading equipment. Also, the price of replacement bullets, powder, primers and brass continues to increase and is not inexpensive like it was years ago. You can calculate how much a factory round will cost you versus a reloaded round. Now amortize that difference against what it will cost you to purchase the equipment for the number of rounds you expect to shoot each year. That will tell you how many years it will take you to recover the cost of your equipment purchase plus the cost of years worth of bullets, powder, primers, etc. and finally start saving money? Reloading can be a deep rabbit hole. Reloading might make sense if: 1) you shoot thousands of rounds each year to amortize the equipment purchase in your lifetime. 2) you enjoy reloading as a hobby 3) you like making wildcat ammo 4) you just enjoy experimenting with lots of different powders, primers, bullets, etc. 5) you shoot competitively and .1moa could make a difference in winning 6) you shoot animals at over 1000 meters and .2moa accuracy difference could create a wounded animal [/QUOTE]
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