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<blockquote data-quote="mrb1982" data-source="post: 1112675" data-attributes="member: 50419"><p>Very interesting question. I am not as experienced as some of the others on here, nor am I in the same situation. I don't own my own reloading equipment. My buddy lets me use his and it is 425 miles away. So when I go back home to visit, then I get a couple days to do some loads. So I do some loads, then when I get home, go shoot them. Might be 3 months or more between stages of testing. So for me, I don't necessarily have the ability at this point to take the time working loads in .1gr incriments. I don't want to take 5 years to work up my loads. I start with loading 16-20rds for a seating depth test. Then when I have that under control, I load half grain increments for about 20rds.</p><p> </p><p>I guess it depends on the gun. I don't have a custom rifle at this point, I have a factory 270 BDL and a factory Sendero 7RM that I have done some upgrades on. I guess I was hoping for under .75 MOA for both of them. With my load work ups my 270 sits around .5 MOA, my Sendero shoots about .4-.45MOA at 1000yds. I feel that is probably fine. I am hoping to rebarrel my Sendero to 7/300 win for the 195's I got in the mail yesterday. With this gun, I am hoping I can maybe bring those groups in a little bit. But a 1/2 minute gun at distance is pretty good. I am not rebarreling for accuracy, I am rebarreling for a different bullet, and hopefully with the ability to customize the chamber a little, better performance. Theoretically, should I get better accuracy with a better barrel on a trued action over a factory rig? Probably. But if I don't, I will still have the pride of ownership of customizing my own gun with the accessories I want, and knowing that it should shoot good enough.</p><p> </p><p>To make a long post even longer, I say 1/2 minute is pretty good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrb1982, post: 1112675, member: 50419"] Very interesting question. I am not as experienced as some of the others on here, nor am I in the same situation. I don't own my own reloading equipment. My buddy lets me use his and it is 425 miles away. So when I go back home to visit, then I get a couple days to do some loads. So I do some loads, then when I get home, go shoot them. Might be 3 months or more between stages of testing. So for me, I don't necessarily have the ability at this point to take the time working loads in .1gr incriments. I don't want to take 5 years to work up my loads. I start with loading 16-20rds for a seating depth test. Then when I have that under control, I load half grain increments for about 20rds. I guess it depends on the gun. I don't have a custom rifle at this point, I have a factory 270 BDL and a factory Sendero 7RM that I have done some upgrades on. I guess I was hoping for under .75 MOA for both of them. With my load work ups my 270 sits around .5 MOA, my Sendero shoots about .4-.45MOA at 1000yds. I feel that is probably fine. I am hoping to rebarrel my Sendero to 7/300 win for the 195's I got in the mail yesterday. With this gun, I am hoping I can maybe bring those groups in a little bit. But a 1/2 minute gun at distance is pretty good. I am not rebarreling for accuracy, I am rebarreling for a different bullet, and hopefully with the ability to customize the chamber a little, better performance. Theoretically, should I get better accuracy with a better barrel on a trued action over a factory rig? Probably. But if I don't, I will still have the pride of ownership of customizing my own gun with the accessories I want, and knowing that it should shoot good enough. To make a long post even longer, I say 1/2 minute is pretty good. [/QUOTE]
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