- Location
- Western Manitoba
There was a forty or fifty year old local guy here some time ago - he wanted to reload some rounds - he was astounded to discover there is a plethora of powders, many reloading manual recipes, many dozen of bullet diameters and weights available - all he had to do was pick one of each and we could reload, if he wanted to, if he could find some primers, that powder that he chose and those bullets that he chose. Some are happy with something that will go "bang" when the trigger is pulled - others want a bit more than that - like hitting what you aimed at - and is usual that a miss is ALWAYS the re-loader's fault, the rifle's fault or the scope's fault.
And there is no rule anywhere that what components that got picked to use are the "best" for your outfit - have to load some and see what you get - you can narrow down your choices with reloading manuals and other people's "recipes" who use similar rifles to yours, but there is no guarantee, at all, that the specific recipe that works or is "best" for someone else, will work well with your stuff. Many, many examples of swapping amount or brand of powder, swapping bullet, swapping primer or swapping brand of case - and the holes show up on the target in a different place, with varying size of groupings for 3 or 5 or 10 shots. Factory made commercial ammo is probably loaded with a custom blended powder that you can not buy - their powder probably mixed specifically for that production run. Is probable they did not use your rifle to test for pressure or velocity - most will tell you what they used. And, it is not likely they used the exact components that you will use - they will tell you what they used - what brand of case, what primer, how much of what powder, what weight and size of bullet - chances are about "0" that you will acquire exactly the same stuff that they used. Is not unusual here to fire 20 rounds to establish maximum pressure - then various from that to establish best accuracy - if you only fire 10 rounds a year now, you will probably fire 3 years worth, just to establish a "recipe" to use for your gun.
And there is no rule anywhere that what components that got picked to use are the "best" for your outfit - have to load some and see what you get - you can narrow down your choices with reloading manuals and other people's "recipes" who use similar rifles to yours, but there is no guarantee, at all, that the specific recipe that works or is "best" for someone else, will work well with your stuff. Many, many examples of swapping amount or brand of powder, swapping bullet, swapping primer or swapping brand of case - and the holes show up on the target in a different place, with varying size of groupings for 3 or 5 or 10 shots. Factory made commercial ammo is probably loaded with a custom blended powder that you can not buy - their powder probably mixed specifically for that production run. Is probable they did not use your rifle to test for pressure or velocity - most will tell you what they used. And, it is not likely they used the exact components that you will use - they will tell you what they used - what brand of case, what primer, how much of what powder, what weight and size of bullet - chances are about "0" that you will acquire exactly the same stuff that they used. Is not unusual here to fire 20 rounds to establish maximum pressure - then various from that to establish best accuracy - if you only fire 10 rounds a year now, you will probably fire 3 years worth, just to establish a "recipe" to use for your gun.
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