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Reloading
Load Testing Question
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<blockquote data-quote="LVJ76" data-source="post: 1817351" data-attributes="member: 108965"><p>So here is what has worked for me and I learned from my dad many years ago and havent had a need to change it.</p><p></p><p>Takes more than 1 round to foul a bore, I shoot at least 10 rounds after cleaning and then proceed to start load testing, thay's if I even have a clean barrel before testing a load.</p><p></p><p>I shoot 3 shot rounds, found out on my mag the 4th one was usually a flyer as the barrel heats up. I shoot them on a row without waiting for barrel to cool down, why? If something goes wrong and the animal ends up wounded you cant wait for barrel to cool down, also for some competitions there is no wait time between shots, so loads need to match the need.</p><p></p><p>I test at 100m, smaller margin of error. Once I find a half MOA load better, I'll try that load at least two more times to ensure it wasnt a fluke. After that I'll try it out at 200m, 300m, 385m and 500m.</p><p></p><p>Just what works for me and hope it helps</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LVJ76, post: 1817351, member: 108965"] So here is what has worked for me and I learned from my dad many years ago and havent had a need to change it. Takes more than 1 round to foul a bore, I shoot at least 10 rounds after cleaning and then proceed to start load testing, thay's if I even have a clean barrel before testing a load. I shoot 3 shot rounds, found out on my mag the 4th one was usually a flyer as the barrel heats up. I shoot them on a row without waiting for barrel to cool down, why? If something goes wrong and the animal ends up wounded you cant wait for barrel to cool down, also for some competitions there is no wait time between shots, so loads need to match the need. I test at 100m, smaller margin of error. Once I find a half MOA load better, I'll try that load at least two more times to ensure it wasnt a fluke. After that I'll try it out at 200m, 300m, 385m and 500m. Just what works for me and hope it helps [/QUOTE]
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