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<blockquote data-quote="Joe King" data-source="post: 692248" data-attributes="member: 47325"><p>I never deviate from a few rules</p><p></p><p>1. shoot round robbin: so that when conditions change (they always do) it effects all loads equally</p><p></p><p>2. shoot 1 shot every 5-10min to simulate cold bore shots</p><p></p><p>3. never ever clean while load testing, clean before you start and leave it till all testing for that load is done. The reason I've adopted this is because no 2 rifles foul the same some with one or two foulers is all that's needed others I have can go as much a 10 shots before it settles down, so constantly cleaning and fouling a rifle can turn out to be a huge waste of time and components, and I've never had a rifle foul to the point of accuracy dropping off this way either.</p><p></p><p>So initially I will do it the same way as OCW, then on the next trip I will usually try different primers being settled on one powder charge, the next trip is usually differing seating depths, though I may change up the order of whats tested when. If I see that a particular recipe is not going to cut it (say load 1 and 2 pattern rather than group), I will skip the rest of those loads or if the heaviest charge is just plainly real hot, better to pull em down and reclaim those components. </p><p></p><p>This last load I worked up for 168gr Berger SAAMI Hybrid, worked out with less than 30 bullets fired on target. I think it was 22 to be accurate about it, now it's to the verifying stage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Joe King, post: 692248, member: 47325"] I never deviate from a few rules 1. shoot round robbin: so that when conditions change (they always do) it effects all loads equally 2. shoot 1 shot every 5-10min to simulate cold bore shots 3. never ever clean while load testing, clean before you start and leave it till all testing for that load is done. The reason I've adopted this is because no 2 rifles foul the same some with one or two foulers is all that's needed others I have can go as much a 10 shots before it settles down, so constantly cleaning and fouling a rifle can turn out to be a huge waste of time and components, and I've never had a rifle foul to the point of accuracy dropping off this way either. So initially I will do it the same way as OCW, then on the next trip I will usually try different primers being settled on one powder charge, the next trip is usually differing seating depths, though I may change up the order of whats tested when. If I see that a particular recipe is not going to cut it (say load 1 and 2 pattern rather than group), I will skip the rest of those loads or if the heaviest charge is just plainly real hot, better to pull em down and reclaim those components. This last load I worked up for 168gr Berger SAAMI Hybrid, worked out with less than 30 bullets fired on target. I think it was 22 to be accurate about it, now it's to the verifying stage. [/QUOTE]
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