A question for you all...
I'm going to the range today to test some loads. I've got 175smk's in once fired Lapua brass (@ 2.810 COAL) with Federal 210 primers. I'm using Varget powder at 43, 43.5, 44, 44.5, and 45 grains and I've got 5 rounds loaded of each.
What method should I use for testing if I'm planning on finding a load to compete with at no less than 500, but 600 to 1000 yards will be the norm. I'm planning on fine tuning beyond this, but need to find my 1 grain node to begin with and then work within those parameters to find my optimal load, COAL at a later date. I've seen various methods of testing mentioned here on the Hide but I've also seen many variations of the testing that go so far as to using the same name for the testing but the methods within were completely different altogether. What do the F T/R guys do?
Thanks for any help. And I'm to open advice concerning anything mentioned above, and if I said something that looks incorrect, please let me know and educate me so I'll know what in the hell I'm talking about. The loads that I've listed above are just a starting point. If I don't find anything I like in that range, I can go up or down, makes no difference to me. I just want to find what my rifle likes, even if it turns out to be 37gr of beach sand and 112gr marbles. If that's what gets me to sub MOA, then that's what I'll go with.
PS: Is it possible to find the load I'm looking for in regards to my conditions noted above by testing at 100 yards? Also, if it makes any difference at all, the specs again on my rifle are REM700 .308, Kreiger 5R 30" in 1:10".
I'm going to the range today to test some loads. I've got 175smk's in once fired Lapua brass (@ 2.810 COAL) with Federal 210 primers. I'm using Varget powder at 43, 43.5, 44, 44.5, and 45 grains and I've got 5 rounds loaded of each.
What method should I use for testing if I'm planning on finding a load to compete with at no less than 500, but 600 to 1000 yards will be the norm. I'm planning on fine tuning beyond this, but need to find my 1 grain node to begin with and then work within those parameters to find my optimal load, COAL at a later date. I've seen various methods of testing mentioned here on the Hide but I've also seen many variations of the testing that go so far as to using the same name for the testing but the methods within were completely different altogether. What do the F T/R guys do?
Thanks for any help. And I'm to open advice concerning anything mentioned above, and if I said something that looks incorrect, please let me know and educate me so I'll know what in the hell I'm talking about. The loads that I've listed above are just a starting point. If I don't find anything I like in that range, I can go up or down, makes no difference to me. I just want to find what my rifle likes, even if it turns out to be 37gr of beach sand and 112gr marbles. If that's what gets me to sub MOA, then that's what I'll go with.
PS: Is it possible to find the load I'm looking for in regards to my conditions noted above by testing at 100 yards? Also, if it makes any difference at all, the specs again on my rifle are REM700 .308, Kreiger 5R 30" in 1:10".