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    Doom replied to the thread Load development help?.
    First off before offering any comments you need to tell us what game you plan on hunting and what distance. You are proposing a hunting...
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    Doom replied to the thread Opinions ?.
    I failed to mention in my post that when you find the point where you add powder and get no increase in velocity it's time to back off.
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    Doom replied to the thread Opinions ?.
    Increasing powder charge will actually decrease the required barrel length for burnout because the maximum pressure will increase...
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    Reading your post it sounds like you are comparing new unfired cases with fired resized cases. Basically a worthless comparison. Best...
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    Out to 300 yds the POI isn't very sensitive to BC so about any 77gr OTM will work. Beyond that you can work the DOPE out which will...
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    Doom reacted to Pista607's post in the thread Seating deeper after using Lee FCD with Like Like.
    Thanks for the response, I went ahead and pulled them yesterday and will start over. Appreciate it
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    I'm posting this here in Reloading because it comes up now and again in load development. A lot of information and misinformation is...
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    Doom reacted to straightshooter1's post in the thread Node at different barrel lenght with Like Like.
    To start with, two barrels of the same length, same material, same contour from the same company can still have chambers that are cut a...
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    Doom replied to the thread Seating deeper after using Lee FCD.
    Wow can't believe no answers. You need to pull the bullets and and resize the neck. Pushing the bullet down with the crimp will damage...
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    Doom replied to the thread Bad SD and ES but good group....
    The answer is guarded yes. To have low standard deviation you need certain conditions to be met. Primarily this is consistent powder...
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    Doom reacted to nn8734's post in the thread Bad SD and ES but good group... with Like Like.
    I actually like CEP as a KPI for accuracy as it takes everything into consideration, including the platform's potential, ammo, shooter's...
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    Doom replied to the thread Bad SD and ES but good group....
    For what it's worth I would pick 38.7gn or 39.0 (or a load in between) as a test with +/- 0.2 gn on either side in absence of any other...
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    Doom reacted to nn8734's post in the thread Bad SD and ES but good group... with Like Like.
    Agree with this stmt however some of the OP's groups would satisfy most conceivable missions/applications so if they're not statistical...
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    Doom replied to the thread Bad SD and ES but good group....
    As far as methods I tend toward mean radius. CEP (Circular Error Probable) is another that comes to mind. Group size is only...
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    Doom replied to the thread Bad SD and ES but good group....
    @straightshooter1 and @Old Man with Gun have actually posted what we should have started this thread with. That is defining what degree...