northernlights78
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- Dec 27, 2010
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I'm wanting to develop a pet load, or a load specific to my rifle. I would like to know the fastest and most economical way to do this. Right now, i know my Remington 700 SPS Tactical really likes the Sierra 155 grn. Norma Matchking.
My idea is to take 5 of the different powders that i have and load up about 10, middle of the road loads (min/max) with these powders with this bullet. I would then go and shoot groups with these loads at separate targets. I would then see which powder my rifle likes the most with this particular bullet, and go about tweaking the different powder amount with this bullet. 1 bullet, 1 powder. Then i would know what loads to take to the range for target shooting. I could do this for different bullets, including the perfect hunting round. My friend says im putting to many variables into my process. Im going to get lost in my data. He says only try maybe 2 powders with different powder amounts, and then start to eliminate from there. What process is best? And, am i even on the right track?
My idea is to take 5 of the different powders that i have and load up about 10, middle of the road loads (min/max) with these powders with this bullet. I would then go and shoot groups with these loads at separate targets. I would then see which powder my rifle likes the most with this particular bullet, and go about tweaking the different powder amount with this bullet. 1 bullet, 1 powder. Then i would know what loads to take to the range for target shooting. I could do this for different bullets, including the perfect hunting round. My friend says im putting to many variables into my process. Im going to get lost in my data. He says only try maybe 2 powders with different powder amounts, and then start to eliminate from there. What process is best? And, am i even on the right track?