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<blockquote data-quote="MW204" data-source="post: 2500412" data-attributes="member: 118876"><p>I've been that average Joe over the decades to load for the 100-200 yd shot. It was not until I started hunting in Nebraska that some of those shots stretched out to 4-500 yds and that's when I started paying closer attention to the details. I always loaded to get 1/2" or smaller groups, but since the range has stretched out I have been paying a lot more attention to a few people on this site and it has improved my downrange shooting. </p><p>I loaded my first Peterson 300wm long brass yesterday and I liked what I saw. The brass oal was on the money as was the wall thickness. My first load with the virgin brass got me about a 2" group. 68grs of H4350, Rem mag primers (because I have a lot of them) 180gr Nosler Ballistic Tip bullets. After shooting those 5 loads I cleaned the powder residue off the neck, set the shoulder back 2 thousand, and up the powder to 69grs since there were no signs of pressure on the first rounds. Besides the brass, the one upgrade that I've done was to buy a Forester 300 wm micro bullet seater. Do I need one for shooting under 500 yds, idk, but what I do know is when I used it yesterday this was the first time that I had loaded rounds come out of a bullet seater than measured all the same length. I've used Redding dies forever and I have never had that kind of consistency in any of the dies I've used in any caliber. Again I may not need that type of consistency for under 500 yds but there is no way it cannot make what I shoot, shoot better imo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MW204, post: 2500412, member: 118876"] I've been that average Joe over the decades to load for the 100-200 yd shot. It was not until I started hunting in Nebraska that some of those shots stretched out to 4-500 yds and that's when I started paying closer attention to the details. I always loaded to get 1/2" or smaller groups, but since the range has stretched out I have been paying a lot more attention to a few people on this site and it has improved my downrange shooting. I loaded my first Peterson 300wm long brass yesterday and I liked what I saw. The brass oal was on the money as was the wall thickness. My first load with the virgin brass got me about a 2" group. 68grs of H4350, Rem mag primers (because I have a lot of them) 180gr Nosler Ballistic Tip bullets. After shooting those 5 loads I cleaned the powder residue off the neck, set the shoulder back 2 thousand, and up the powder to 69grs since there were no signs of pressure on the first rounds. Besides the brass, the one upgrade that I've done was to buy a Forester 300 wm micro bullet seater. Do I need one for shooting under 500 yds, idk, but what I do know is when I used it yesterday this was the first time that I had loaded rounds come out of a bullet seater than measured all the same length. I've used Redding dies forever and I have never had that kind of consistency in any of the dies I've used in any caliber. Again I may not need that type of consistency for under 500 yds but there is no way it cannot make what I shoot, shoot better imo. [/QUOTE]
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