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<blockquote data-quote="264MHC" data-source="post: 2820938" data-attributes="member: 111161"><p>My standard procedure is to load up 20 or so cheaper bullets in the same weight class as I plan to shoot at a starting load. I then will load up 10 each of different powder and or bullet combos in .5 grain increments for finding pressure. The 20 initial rounds are used for break in and getting the first firing on the brass, and if I have 3 different bullet powder combos, that gives me 30 more pieces of fire formed brass and a rough idea of where my powder charge needs to be. From there I can fine tune powder charge and seating depth with my 50 fire formed pieces of brass and the bullets I plan to use in a now broken in barrel. At that point I will typically load 5 or so of that initial starting load in virgin brass before every subsequent range trip to eventually have all 100 pieces fire formed, and those 5 are used for foulers/sighters when changing distance or if I start with a clean barrel to have it fouled the same way for each round of load development. Even with different velocity and/or different bullets, they are usually close enough to get me on target before shooting my load development rounds. Final sight in is of course done with the fully developed load before hunting, and I leave the barrel just slightly fouled during the season so I know my POI vs POA will remain the same. This is what works for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="264MHC, post: 2820938, member: 111161"] My standard procedure is to load up 20 or so cheaper bullets in the same weight class as I plan to shoot at a starting load. I then will load up 10 each of different powder and or bullet combos in .5 grain increments for finding pressure. The 20 initial rounds are used for break in and getting the first firing on the brass, and if I have 3 different bullet powder combos, that gives me 30 more pieces of fire formed brass and a rough idea of where my powder charge needs to be. From there I can fine tune powder charge and seating depth with my 50 fire formed pieces of brass and the bullets I plan to use in a now broken in barrel. At that point I will typically load 5 or so of that initial starting load in virgin brass before every subsequent range trip to eventually have all 100 pieces fire formed, and those 5 are used for foulers/sighters when changing distance or if I start with a clean barrel to have it fouled the same way for each round of load development. Even with different velocity and/or different bullets, they are usually close enough to get me on target before shooting my load development rounds. Final sight in is of course done with the fully developed load before hunting, and I leave the barrel just slightly fouled during the season so I know my POI vs POA will remain the same. This is what works for me. [/QUOTE]
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