06-23-2022, 11:27 PM
603 Country Wrote:I have a 100 yard range and the shooting bench is under a tin roofed open shed. Im out of the Sun, but not out of the hot air.
Same here, summer is brutal so any outdoor shooting is done early.
New to Grendel but not the MSR or reloading, including calibers other than 223 or 308. I use and like the 95gn VMAX over 30gn of H335 but I dont use published OALs. I use a Stoney Point / Hornady OAL gauge to determine seating depth. I let the barrel/chamber tell me the dimensions required based upon measured values.
I cringe whenever I see posts calling for absolute values yet no mention of gauges or other measuring instruments to either measure or validate.
Loading/reloading quality ammunition is not a paint-by-numbers effort but a culmination of many factors. Understanding these factors and using them to your advantage allows you to assemble a rifle/ammunition combination that works. Ammunition forms part of the machine that makes up a rifle and if it is not the perfect fit the machine performance will be degraded.
(I am an immigrant and English is my adopted language, please do not play semantic games with me.)