Re: Factory "Match" loads: weighed or metered?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: dbooksta</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: coldboreshot</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Clint Smith tells a story where he and Mike Venturino tested "weighed vs. metered". They each reloaded 500 rounds with Mike weighing the charges and Clint metering the charges using a Harrell measure. When they fired them, Clint's shot as good as Mike's loads.</div></div>
Isn't the only reason to weigh instead of meter to reduce variation in muzzle velocity? I.e., a lot of things may contribute to overall accuracy, but the sole advantage to weighing loads is just to reduce stdev of MV, right?
(I guess the moral of the comments is that the variation of MV with metered loads is low enough with typical high-velocity rifles to not make a practical difference in accuracy?)</div></div>
Yes that's correct, MV variation doesn't really show up on target that much until you get out to very long distances. That's why 1K yd BR shooters weigh every component, because at 1K yd's even a little variation in MV will show up on target.