Anyone swap chassis to develop a load?

[Franko]

I am trying to develop a load for a rifle with a unstable chassis (bag rider for it is out of stock and manufacturer has no ETA on when it will be available again). I am thinking of swapping to a much heavier and more stable chassis for load development.

Has anyone ever done this and if so, what kind of results did you get? I'd rather not waste my components if this won't work.

Thanks for reading.

 

[nn8734]

Sure you can do that but you may have to tweak the load when you put it back into its current chassis.

Why would you need a bag rider to stabilize your rifle?

It should be perfectly stable with a standard rear bag, bipod and proper shooter set up.

 

[Franko]

Sure you can do that but you will likely have to tweak the load when you put it back into its current chassis.

Why would you need a bag rider to stabilize your rifle?

It should be perfectly stable with a standard rear bag, bipod and proper shooter set up.

I'm shooting an XLR element which makes it harder to get good contact with my shoulder and the bag at the same time.

 

[nn8734]

Yea nothing about the way that stock is designed would prevent you from obtaining a stable position if you are using your core to provide stability and bipod preload and bag for microadjistments.

But to answer your original question, my guess is that you would not have to tweak the load but zero may shift as you’re making a structural change to the rifle when swapping chassis which will impact barrel harmonics.

There is really only one way to find that out.

ETA: I do recall now going from a Cadex Dual Strike to an AX AICS in my 700 308 about six years ago or so and I don’t think load itself changed, just the POI relative to the zero established with the Dual Strike.

 

[spife7980]

I dont see a problem with it. Should work fine.

Do what you need to do and when the time comes, check it and redo if necessary but I doubt youll have to. You may need to work on the load over the barrels life but that happens regardless.