1 to 1.5 gn make a difference?

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I just picked up around 500 45 cal 205 grain bullets. The problem is most are 204.9 to 205.4. Not a big deal. About 150 are 206 to 206.7ish.

Is there a big difference to load them all as 205s?
 
If you can tell a difference, you sir are one great shot!!!

Your projectiles are (without doing the math) within 1% I'm sure. You will see no difference in pressures or accuracy.
 
Perfect, thanks for the info. I haven't reloaded handgun in years and I'm used to little 55gn .223 bullets that are within .3 gn of each other.
 
If you were loading full house rounds it might bring pressures up a little. But with a standard or reduced load you won't know the difference.
 
I'm assuming that these are going through a pistol? If so, as others have said, if you can tell the difference, then you should really be shooting for some firearm company. I know I can't shoot well enough to see the difference in the +/- .2 gr variance in powder and the +/- 1 grain in my Rainier plated 230gr bullets and the variance in OAL.

If this was going to be rifle rounds through a rifle bolted to a solid foundation and shot for accuracy testing then I could see how a few grains in bullet weight could make a significant difference in accuracy.
 
Years ago I used to load compressed charges without bothering to weight the charge. I still load a lot of compressed powder charges, in fact quite a lot, but now I throw them on the scale even though it really doesn't make much of a difference with compressed charges.
 
If you are a successful 100 yard Bullseye pistol shot and can keep all your rounds in a 3" group at that distance? That YES SIR! that 10th of a grain difference in components will make a HUGE difference in your shooting results.

I reckon for the 99.37% of the rest of us? No difference- LOL
 
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