I finally had a chance to load up a few rounds and try out my new rifle.
I have 2 different bullets for now with more coming.
I have an old box of Sierra MatchKing Palma 155gr bullets and a box of Sierra GameKing 165gr bullets.
Looking through my Hornady book I decided on a charge of 45gr for both. That charge is a starting load for the Palma bullets and about mid-range in charge weight for the GKs.
For a starting load both were very mediocre. Both were around 1". I didn't measure them, but were not a really tight group. This load seemed to favor the heavier GKs.
My question is do I move up and down in .5gr increments or smaller .2gr? I have loaded a LOT more pistol rounds and in the small charge a pistol uses I go with a .2gr increment. The larger charge for a rifle seems to be not as sensitive to change in charge weight.
Jim
I have 2 different bullets for now with more coming.
I have an old box of Sierra MatchKing Palma 155gr bullets and a box of Sierra GameKing 165gr bullets.
Looking through my Hornady book I decided on a charge of 45gr for both. That charge is a starting load for the Palma bullets and about mid-range in charge weight for the GKs.
For a starting load both were very mediocre. Both were around 1". I didn't measure them, but were not a really tight group. This load seemed to favor the heavier GKs.
My question is do I move up and down in .5gr increments or smaller .2gr? I have loaded a LOT more pistol rounds and in the small charge a pistol uses I go with a .2gr increment. The larger charge for a rifle seems to be not as sensitive to change in charge weight.
Jim
