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Posted: 11/1/2008 8:05:48 PM EDT
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Finally, after a very long time and lots of dumb and annoying questions I made it to the range with my first ever reloads. Thanks to all of you for your patience and help.
Could not be happier that: 1) nothing blew up 2) all the bullets made it to the birm. First round ready to chamber. Those "3 rings of steel" are comforting. 
Fired brass - no blown primers. Three rows of one sighter and 25.2 thru 26.6 grns, lft to rt. 
OCW groups. 100 yds, 11-01-08 3:40 - 4:30 PM 0-5 mph breeze @4:00. Bench w/bipod & rear bag. Aiming points are 1" dia. 
WW new brass, Rem 7 1/2 primers, Varget, Sierra 69 grn MK Rem 700 SPS Tactical, B&C stock, Mk4 4.5-14x50. Badger 0 mil base, TPS rings, Harris 6-9 swivel, notched bipod. I know these are only 3 shot groups, but that is how Dan N. says to do it. As soon as I get all the little holes sorted out I'll load up enough for some 5 shot groups. OFG |
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Good job. Try hanging a rudimentary wind flag to make sure you break the shot in identical conditions.
One of the main points of the Audette method is to shoot at a fixed aiming point. With increasing charge weight, each group will climb the target slightly. A tuned load will not only produce a small group, robust tuned loads from two or three groups will fall nearly on top of each other. Shooting onto a grid will make measurement of group size precise. You'll probably want to measure vertical spread in order to understand the differences between groups due to tuning. Pulling the trigger for that first shot is the highest hurdle for many new hand loaders. |
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