Recent content by Taylorbok

You can make good ammo in cheap brass for sure, and the good stuff might really not shoot any better but if my main goal was accuracy I'd start with top notch brass and bullets. If I wanted it to shoot minute of hog and that was good enough I'd go for the cheap stuff.

What is the intended use? Based on the title I assumed you wanted to squeeze every last bit out of it.

how much brass do you need? I'd still run Lapua personally.

I'm just here for the knowledge, what epoxy would you guys use? I wouldn't doubt if the upside down air duster cools it enough to knock it out. could warm the die up a bit first also. You could probably melt the brass out with a hand held torch like a plumber uses, just gonna take a while and...

Basically neither. I've got a 2 builds based on Tikka actions, they shoot great but if I was doing it again I'd start with a custom action.

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not necessarily, charge weight can affect ES/SD but usually less than you'd think, if you did that experiment I think you'd be surprised how close the numbers are, Hornady and AB have podcasts on the topic and have done similar tests that they share the results of

This is basically the thing, you feel the .3gr increments helped you to find a load that is the best, but that load will likely shoot groups anywhere from .5 to .01" when you worked up that load you probably walked right past sever .5" groups but if you would shoot that load over and over it...

I'll get some chrono data next time I am out, I recently sold off my LR and picked up a Garmin, haven't even used it yet. Next time you are loading try adjusting your charge to the closest whole number and compare it to the load you currently shoot, obviously gonna have to shoot a few groups of...

I thought he was bragging about an 8 ES. 8 SD isn't anything special.

sometimes I choose a charge weight because I like that number better.

Not necessarily, but possibly. some charges will shoot better than others, definitely. I do think the way you are doing it helps weed out the garbage. But more than likely there are several charges that you skipped over that shoot just as well as your load. If it's a new cartridge I will...

That's how I run my sig bino's. Basically it can do that. It doesn't take the angle I don't think, I need to check if that's possible I also have the kestrel hud I can mount to the rifle and it will display the data right there.

@Maurygold what everyone is telling you is true, basically you have been able to make good ammo in spite of your testing, not because of it. I used to believe the same things you do, until I started playing around more and realized it made less difference than I thought. Honestly the fact that...

My thoughts exactly. In 3/6 cartridges I had to make substitutions on components due to availability.