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How much time and effort do you give a bullet, powder.
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<blockquote data-quote="Stgraves260" data-source="post: 1689216" data-attributes="member: 19988"><p>Well This is what I do and it has all ways worked on my hunting guns. I set all my bullets 10 thousands off the lands. Yes thats every gun I have. 22-250, 223, 243, 260, 7 mag even a 308. The reason is if I can't chamber the round through my gun and it doesn't feed well out in the field than to me it's not a good hunting load or gun. Who would want to feed a hunting rifle 1 bullet at a time? I set a target 400 yards away. Shoot a couple rounds down range till I hit the bull. Now that my barrel is fowled I use my hand loads to get my powder charge data. Let say in your reloading Manuel it say starting charge is 40 grains. This it how it should look. 40, 40.5, 41, 41.5, 42, 42.5 43, 43.5. Do like 10 rounds like this. After each shot go down to your target and wright the powder charge next to the bullet hole. After a few round you will have some bullet hole that are very close in elevation. It will prob be 2 or 3 rounds. Don't worry about wind hold off. DO NOT ADJUST you scope while doing this. Now take those 2 or 3 bullet charges and load 5 rounds each. Have you a big target that's easy to see and set it back 400 yards. Remember your scope settings. Don't change them. Now shoot your groups and you will find your load. You can do this at 100 yards also if your more comfortable. I just prefer the longer distances. Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stgraves260, post: 1689216, member: 19988"] Well This is what I do and it has all ways worked on my hunting guns. I set all my bullets 10 thousands off the lands. Yes thats every gun I have. 22-250, 223, 243, 260, 7 mag even a 308. The reason is if I can’t chamber the round through my gun and it doesn’t feed well out in the field than to me it’s not a good hunting load or gun. Who would want to feed a hunting rifle 1 bullet at a time? I set a target 400 yards away. Shoot a couple rounds down range till I hit the bull. Now that my barrel is fowled I use my hand loads to get my powder charge data. Let say in your reloading Manuel it say starting charge is 40 grains. This it how it should look. 40, 40.5, 41, 41.5, 42, 42.5 43, 43.5. Do like 10 rounds like this. After each shot go down to your target and wright the powder charge next to the bullet hole. After a few round you will have some bullet hole that are very close in elevation. It will prob be 2 or 3 rounds. Don’t worry about wind hold off. DO NOT ADJUST you scope while doing this. Now take those 2 or 3 bullet charges and load 5 rounds each. Have you a big target that’s easy to see and set it back 400 yards. Remember your scope settings. Don’t change them. Now shoot your groups and you will find your load. You can do this at 100 yards also if your more comfortable. I just prefer the longer distances. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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