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OCW vs Ladder Test; the significance of the "scatter group"
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<blockquote data-quote="remingtonman_25_06" data-source="post: 98562" data-attributes="member: 1403"><p><strong>Re: OCW vs Ladder Test; the significance of the \"scatter group\"</strong></p><p></p><p>I to am scratching my head on why you picked 41.8g when the 1st target looks the best. I dont know. I have only tried the ladder method 1 time at 300 yards with a 7 STW. It was not a very accurate rifle, I think I got a bad barrel by Winchester. I think the bottom line is that with a factory rifle, your best bet is to just load up 3 shells each in .5g increments. What seems so difficult about that?? I usually only do 1g increments and when I get technical, sure I'll do .5g increment. Doesn't seem to much different then the OCW method. I personally dont like the ladder method because I had shots everywhere and where I "thought" there would be a good load, I loaded them up and they weren't any better or any worse then what I did when I just loaded up 3 shells each with x,y,z grains of powder. I also dont really think the ladder method is very accurate fora factory rifle, unless you have an accurate factory rifle. I have some very small groups in front of me with my winchester in 25-06. All I ever do to that is pick a powder, load up 3 shells in 1g increments and shoot them. Actually, thats all I do with any of my guns. Have shot some very good groups that way. Usually only takes 12 shots as well. 4 loads with 3 shots for each load equals 12 shots. I guess if you want to get technical about it, you could then go in .5g incremnt to fine tune it. OCW seems confusing to me when all it really seems like is loading up 3 shells with x,y,z and shooting them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="remingtonman_25_06, post: 98562, member: 1403"] [b]Re: OCW vs Ladder Test; the significance of the \"scatter group\"[/b] I to am scratching my head on why you picked 41.8g when the 1st target looks the best. I dont know. I have only tried the ladder method 1 time at 300 yards with a 7 STW. It was not a very accurate rifle, I think I got a bad barrel by Winchester. I think the bottom line is that with a factory rifle, your best bet is to just load up 3 shells each in .5g increments. What seems so difficult about that?? I usually only do 1g increments and when I get technical, sure I'll do .5g increment. Doesn't seem to much different then the OCW method. I personally dont like the ladder method because I had shots everywhere and where I "thought" there would be a good load, I loaded them up and they weren't any better or any worse then what I did when I just loaded up 3 shells each with x,y,z grains of powder. I also dont really think the ladder method is very accurate fora factory rifle, unless you have an accurate factory rifle. I have some very small groups in front of me with my winchester in 25-06. All I ever do to that is pick a powder, load up 3 shells in 1g increments and shoot them. Actually, thats all I do with any of my guns. Have shot some very good groups that way. Usually only takes 12 shots as well. 4 loads with 3 shots for each load equals 12 shots. I guess if you want to get technical about it, you could then go in .5g incremnt to fine tune it. OCW seems confusing to me when all it really seems like is loading up 3 shells with x,y,z and shooting them. [/QUOTE]
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