We are all taught that consistency is the key when reloading precision rifle.
My question is what tolerances are acceptable to you with respect to tolerances you see on your bench?
Let's play based upon a 308 Win load, which most of us are familiar with. 175 grain projectile, primer and powder of your choice.
Your goal is to load the finest match grade 308 round you can.
What weight tolerances or variances will you accept with the following:
308 case: +/- grains variance
175 grain bullet: (your choice of brand) +/- variance
Powder charge: +/- grains variance
I realize that many will sort cases and bullets based upon weight, the key to answering this question is: What variance in each component would cause you to bump it into the next weight group.
Let's not get hung up on issues extraneous to this discussion (i.e. runout, COAL and OOAL). Stick to the parameters outlined
Convenient cut and paste for your answers:
Cases
Bullet
Powder charge
I will ask this same question on another forum and we will see what their thoughts are and how we compare.
My question is what tolerances are acceptable to you with respect to tolerances you see on your bench?
Let's play based upon a 308 Win load, which most of us are familiar with. 175 grain projectile, primer and powder of your choice.
Your goal is to load the finest match grade 308 round you can.
What weight tolerances or variances will you accept with the following:
308 case: +/- grains variance
175 grain bullet: (your choice of brand) +/- variance
Powder charge: +/- grains variance
I realize that many will sort cases and bullets based upon weight, the key to answering this question is: What variance in each component would cause you to bump it into the next weight group.
Let's not get hung up on issues extraneous to this discussion (i.e. runout, COAL and OOAL). Stick to the parameters outlined
Convenient cut and paste for your answers:
Cases
Bullet
Powder charge
I will ask this same question on another forum and we will see what their thoughts are and how we compare.