I did use differing reloading components/practice for pistol match load vs range practice/plinking loads:SVTOhio said:I was simply asking a question as I'm very new to reloading. I find my self weighing every charge to .1 grain for my 25-06 scopes rifle but wanting to just use powder dippers for my shorty 16.5" 243 with open sights.Sunray said:Why would you want to do that?
No ... if anything, I spend too much effort trying to be too precise in all of my reloading. And, yes, I tend to be a bit anal ...... Are you less precise when it comes to fire arms that are less precise (open sights). I'm asking about powder measuring, case trimming etc.
wanderinwalker,
Service rifle guys have a whole other perspective on this, which I share. When standing and shooting offhand @ 200 yds necks not being turned is hardly the biggest issue.
"When the points on the score card weren't any higher at the end of the day, I gladly stopped doing that."
Load less, shoot more! Less time at the bench means more time dry firing.
*Stern Parental Voice #1* It's a lot easier on you to take the time to do it right than regret not having the chance to do it over.
Using a dipper is not necessarily less precise IF you know precisely what your preferred powder's dipper volume weighs, and IF you use a repeatable, very consistent dipping method. Weigh out and average 10 to 15 dipper loads. If you are using the exact same dip method every time, you should not see more than about .1 gn variable.I was simply asking a question as I'm very new to reloading. I find my self weighing every charge to .1 grain for my 25-06 scopes rifle but wanting to just use powder dippers for my shorty 16.5" 243 with open sights.
SVTOhio,
Reloading smokeless powder demands attention to detail and precision. I have personally seen three handguns blow up and a shooter lose 1/2 of his support hand when his rifle blew up to be LESS precise when reloading smokeless powder.
Thank goodness for the topstrap on one of them as I was timing the shooter. It held the gun in one piece.
Cutting corners just isn't safe. A attitude that I don't have to be as careful and precise because this gun has iron sights strongly suggests you are not cut out to reload your own ammunition.
p.s. The rifle that blew up the shooter was using iron sights.