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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 622358" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>Unless you shooting a bullet that is known for questionable stability at shorter ranges I'd do the bulk of your load development at 100 yards, especially if wind is present. For group testing you want to eliminate as many extraneous variables as you can, wind being the greatest. You will easily see differences due to bullet, powder charge, etc. Let the barrel cool between 3 or 5 shot groups. When you find your best group, then do your work at the longer ranges. It is rare that you will have a substantial difference in basic accuracy between 100 and 300 yards unless you have a major mismatch between bullet and twist, or are using heavy for caliber VLD design.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 622358, member: 10291"] Unless you shooting a bullet that is known for questionable stability at shorter ranges I'd do the bulk of your load development at 100 yards, especially if wind is present. For group testing you want to eliminate as many extraneous variables as you can, wind being the greatest. You will easily see differences due to bullet, powder charge, etc. Let the barrel cool between 3 or 5 shot groups. When you find your best group, then do your work at the longer ranges. It is rare that you will have a substantial difference in basic accuracy between 100 and 300 yards unless you have a major mismatch between bullet and twist, or are using heavy for caliber VLD design. [/QUOTE]
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