100 yards for rifle, use a sled, .1 grain workup, 5 shots each. then home in on smallest group and work up or down .1 until you get the smallest group.
remove as many variables as possible.
remove as many variables as possible.
.3 gr each step for me in a rifle load then play with tighter .1-.2gr tolerances after a ladder test.
Play with seating depths when you have a promising load, that will sometimes hone it in.
Used to rely on 100 yard..I go 200 now for rifles.
Or 150 yards for the 30-30.
Pistols i have the close range, under 30 yards, loads and the long range loads for 100+ yard shooting.
And what aviator41 stated.
remove as many variables as possible.
Trying different brands of brass will have an effect on groups also.
Play with seating depths when you have a promising load, that will sometimes hone it in.
Used to rely on 100 yard..I go 200 now for rifles.
Or 150 yards for the 30-30.
Pistols i have the close range, under 30 yards, loads and the long range loads for 100+ yard shooting.
And what aviator41 stated.
remove as many variables as possible.
Trying different brands of brass will have an effect on groups also.
I work rifle loads up by 0.5 grains through the range in published data. When I find a good accuracy node, I'll work up some more by moving a tenth of a grain or two up and down. To keep from having to record all of the groups and keep the pace of shooting up, I take foam plates and put a target dot on them to use as targets. I'll shoot my range of loads, record the group number and chronograph data in a book, and then label and save the plates so that I can measure the groups and analyze them later at the shop. The plates will fit in a gallon baggie and you can look at the actual group instead of reproduced picture in your range book. If a pull a shot or have some other mistake, I'll note it in the book for when I look at the plates later. I've started putting three or four dots on a plate to keep from using so many. You can get a big package of foam plates at Sams for next to nothing and the target dots are like 5.00 for a hundred or so. You can also make the dots with a marker, but the paste-ons are easier to see at 100 or 200 yards. Once I find a load I like, I'll stretch out the range to see how they do.
All that leads to this...
3/4" dot.
3/4" dot.
get your ass handed by the wind at 600.
HA HA! Funny sort of.
That is the truth..
Tried some a couple years ago shooting across a ravine while sitting on a mountain (hill)...Wind goes 4 directions.
400 yards was easy Our next step was 700 and then 900..stacks of rocks..none hit...
HA HA! Funny sort of.
That is the truth..
Tried some a couple years ago shooting across a ravine while sitting on a mountain (hill)...Wind goes 4 directions.
400 yards was easy Our next step was 700 and then 900..stacks of rocks..none hit...
100 yards with a 308 Savage 10 FCP. Very nice factory stock shooter.
