03-22-2020, 03:24 PM
Lemonaid Wrote:Second, it looks like you are using the Satterlee 10 round load development method. What are your opinions on how it works for you?
I ask as Kelm has raised some points about possible shortfalls in testing that way and your charts look like his method might work better in your case.
I'm in the process of doing some tests as Kelm suggested and also the Satterlee way to see what works for me.
Link to my test that has a link to Klem's post.
http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthrea...t=lemonaid
Yes. I have used the Satterlee 10 round load development.
Have used this as a starting point and the ground foundation and thoughts that a speed node will give low SD/ES and at the same time a small group.
I have however NEVER only used 10 rounds. I have ALWAYS used a hole lot more or rounds. And that is mainly because I like the testing part of the load development. I like to gather data and build a solid base before I go to the target. This method have worked quite well. but in some cases not at all. And that is on the occasion where I have not found the node, when I think I found it. This have ended in my chasing my tail and trying several things at the same time and this have only give me problems. I like the idea of the Satterlee approach. And I like that I can start the load development without any targets and just shoot over the magnetospeed. It is a quick trip to the range and shoot a few rounds. This gives me a lot of data that I can put in a graph and analyse. And this have been proven a good approach, but also a total miss.
My personal problem here is that I have totally been a "speed freak" with the Grendel. I have pushed the Grendel to the limit to many times. And in this process it have been hard to use the Satterlee method because the result in the speed have been shifting a lot between the different tests.
So Yes, it have worked, but not all the time. And I kind of blame the chase for the speed.
Also, being a beginner of reloading, the Satterlee method is probably not the best way to small groups. And this tip was given in the Youtube-video with the "6,5 guys". And totally ignored by myself. I constantly learning, and getting better at the reloading process, but I have a feeling that this process needs to be quite stable so that the result is not affected by lack of experience. Reloading is for me fun and really therapeutic, but have caused several meltdowns also
