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<blockquote data-quote="Jud96" data-source="post: 1903937" data-attributes="member: 69478"><p>If the groups are good at a wider seating depth range, then why not seat there. Why seat bullets in a narrow window that could be sensitive to minor variations in throat erosion or even BTO changes in bullets or loaded ammo. It's the same reason to select a powder charge that's in the middle of a wide node that is forgiving than a load that has erratic velocity changes with just a minor change in powder charge.</p><p></p><p>If you read the articles on the Precision Rifle Blog, they will help you better understand what I'm after here. I'm not a PRS shooter or a high volume shooter, but if I can find a forgiving load that is consistent day in and day out and round after round, then why not use it? Making a clean one shot kill for us is very important, so having a load that is forgiving and stays in tune longer is important in my opinion.</p><p></p><p>There's a dozen ways to skin a cat and everyone has their own methods. Even if I never have to worry about throat erosion, the proof is on the target that .100 off shot extremely well. The .090 load wasn't as good, but it was certainly better than .080 off. So that shows .090-.100 is a .010 window in seating depth where the rifle groups well. The .070 off load shot well, but .060 and .080 weren't too hot. So .090-.100 is the sweet spot for this rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jud96, post: 1903937, member: 69478"] If the groups are good at a wider seating depth range, then why not seat there. Why seat bullets in a narrow window that could be sensitive to minor variations in throat erosion or even BTO changes in bullets or loaded ammo. It’s the same reason to select a powder charge that’s in the middle of a wide node that is forgiving than a load that has erratic velocity changes with just a minor change in powder charge. If you read the articles on the Precision Rifle Blog, they will help you better understand what I’m after here. I’m not a PRS shooter or a high volume shooter, but if I can find a forgiving load that is consistent day in and day out and round after round, then why not use it? Making a clean one shot kill for us is very important, so having a load that is forgiving and stays in tune longer is important in my opinion. There’s a dozen ways to skin a cat and everyone has their own methods. Even if I never have to worry about throat erosion, the proof is on the target that .100 off shot extremely well. The .090 load wasn’t as good, but it was certainly better than .080 off. So that shows .090-.100 is a .010 window in seating depth where the rifle groups well. The .070 off load shot well, but .060 and .080 weren’t too hot. So .090-.100 is the sweet spot for this rifle. [/QUOTE]
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