I would appreciate any information from those of you who reload for competition or with accuracy as a primary concern.
I have reloaded for several years, starting with pistol. I have a Bushmaster, 24" 1x9 barrel and recently started loading 69 grain SMKs with good results. I read some good reports on Hornady 75 grain HPBTs and decided to give them a try. I wondered how uniform they are in weight so I got out my PACT digital scale, calibrated it and weighed 100.
47= 75.0 grains
36= 75.1 grains
7= 74.9 grains
A couple were either 75.2 or 74.8 and the rest (6 or 7)were <> .2 grains off of 75.0.
I will probably never shoot > 400 yards, more likely 200 at a range I have just joined. To date the range I have been using is 100 yards.
If you were loading for 400 yards, do you bother segregating the 74.9, 75.0, and 75.1 bullets? Would 75.2 or 74.8s mixed in have any effect on your group size, everything else being equal?
I know the weekend warriors might just stuff em in and go, but you serious guys, how about you?
Thanks for reading my post
callgood
I have reloaded for several years, starting with pistol. I have a Bushmaster, 24" 1x9 barrel and recently started loading 69 grain SMKs with good results. I read some good reports on Hornady 75 grain HPBTs and decided to give them a try. I wondered how uniform they are in weight so I got out my PACT digital scale, calibrated it and weighed 100.
47= 75.0 grains
36= 75.1 grains
7= 74.9 grains
A couple were either 75.2 or 74.8 and the rest (6 or 7)were <> .2 grains off of 75.0.
I will probably never shoot > 400 yards, more likely 200 at a range I have just joined. To date the range I have been using is 100 yards.
If you were loading for 400 yards, do you bother segregating the 74.9, 75.0, and 75.1 bullets? Would 75.2 or 74.8s mixed in have any effect on your group size, everything else being equal?
I know the weekend warriors might just stuff em in and go, but you serious guys, how about you?
Thanks for reading my post
callgood