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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Reloading
seating depth or charge weight first?
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<blockquote data-quote="FearNoWind" data-source="post: 1009545" data-attributes="member: 50867"><p>That's also my technique. My initial loads start at about .020 +/- off the lands and work up in half grain increments. When I find a node I load to either side of it by .3 grains and that's usually enough to put me in the ball park. From there I work on seating depth. As an example, today I work on a load for my .284 that worked well with 57 grains of H4831 behind a 150 grain Barnes LRX. </p><p>My chamber measures 2.633 ..... Keep in mind that this isn't an accuracy test, but a consistency test. Next I'll adjust for the 200 yard zero and it's all done.</p><p>Here's the progression:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FearNoWind, post: 1009545, member: 50867"] That's also my technique. My initial loads start at about .020 +/- off the lands and work up in half grain increments. When I find a node I load to either side of it by .3 grains and that's usually enough to put me in the ball park. From there I work on seating depth. As an example, today I work on a load for my .284 that worked well with 57 grains of H4831 behind a 150 grain Barnes LRX. My chamber measures 2.633 ..... Keep in mind that this isn't an accuracy test, but a consistency test. Next I'll adjust for the 200 yard zero and it's all done. Here's the progression: [/QUOTE]
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