Robtattoo
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I've just reloaded my first ever rounds. I have 2 .45-70 rifles; a Browning high wall & a Marlin 1895.
I've loaded 5 rounds of each powder quantity from minimum to maximum (50 total for each gun), one set of 50 with cast 405gn bullets for the high wall, one with 350gn Hornadys for the Marlin.
I'm shooting both these guns open sighted & I want to try & figure out what particular load each prefers, for best accuracy.
What range would you recommend to test fire each load? Would 50yd groups tell me enough about each 5-shot group, or should I open up to 100?
Neither of these rifles has previously been sighted in properly, so I honestly have no clue where they would print, or even if they'd hit a regular 8x11 printed target.
I've loaded 5 rounds of each powder quantity from minimum to maximum (50 total for each gun), one set of 50 with cast 405gn bullets for the high wall, one with 350gn Hornadys for the Marlin.
I'm shooting both these guns open sighted & I want to try & figure out what particular load each prefers, for best accuracy.
What range would you recommend to test fire each load? Would 50yd groups tell me enough about each 5-shot group, or should I open up to 100?
Neither of these rifles has previously been sighted in properly, so I honestly have no clue where they would print, or even if they'd hit a regular 8x11 printed target.
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