04-26-2023, 02:09 AM
I mentioned the group sizes and this was over a period of about 6 months time. I actually did a DOUBLE ladder loads. I had a friend there who bought the same rifle and I did two sets of loads in .2 grain increments. in a box of 50 rounds, I had TWO groups of 5 rounds each that were identical. I shoot through the 5 shot group on the left side of the box (color coded them in case of a tip over etc) and then the next five (groups of 5) on the right side of the box.
My friend did the same. We had very close to identical results.
I did the same techinique when laoding prairie dog rounds in .243 and of course 223. I've been loading for forty years. I do have a Oehler 35 P chrongraph.
The wind blew that and my 82 mm spotting scope over at the Ben Avery Range!! Tough luck. I had to buy a few sky screens from Oehler. (want to buy it so I can get a lab radar??)
Anyhow, the best group always seems to come back to the Varget group. That is consistent from one week to the next.
If you want me to describe the work up more thoroughly let me know and I will post it.
OH, BTW.... I did squeeze out a really good group with H 4895 and lab radar (a friends). Good luck on finding H 4895!!!
My friend did the same. We had very close to identical results.
I did the same techinique when laoding prairie dog rounds in .243 and of course 223. I've been loading for forty years. I do have a Oehler 35 P chrongraph.
The wind blew that and my 82 mm spotting scope over at the Ben Avery Range!! Tough luck. I had to buy a few sky screens from Oehler. (want to buy it so I can get a lab radar??)
Anyhow, the best group always seems to come back to the Varget group. That is consistent from one week to the next.
If you want me to describe the work up more thoroughly let me know and I will post it.
OH, BTW.... I did squeeze out a really good group with H 4895 and lab radar (a friends). Good luck on finding H 4895!!!