So I loaded up some .223 last night with Hornady 75gr HPBT for some 600 - 700 yard steel shooting. I recently started weighing and sorting these bullets and typically see 75gr +/- .7gr with a few here and there that may be even further out than the .7.
I opened up a new 100 round box last night and was shocked to find all 100 bullets were at 75.0gr +/- .1gr ... weighed on my RCBS Charge Master 1500. Here's what the breakdown was:
74.9 - 34
75.0 - 53
75.1 - 13
I've never seen anywhere near this consistency and was pretty impressed. Anyone else seeing this or did I just happen to pull a good box off the shelf? Now I'm wishing I had grabbed more boxes out of that lot.
This also leads me to another thought or question: for those of you that weigh and sort your bullets in an attempt to squeeze out a little more consistency and accuracy, how big of a window do you sort into? For instance, .2gr ... .5gr?
I opened up a new 100 round box last night and was shocked to find all 100 bullets were at 75.0gr +/- .1gr ... weighed on my RCBS Charge Master 1500. Here's what the breakdown was:
74.9 - 34
75.0 - 53
75.1 - 13
I've never seen anywhere near this consistency and was pretty impressed. Anyone else seeing this or did I just happen to pull a good box off the shelf? Now I'm wishing I had grabbed more boxes out of that lot.
This also leads me to another thought or question: for those of you that weigh and sort your bullets in an attempt to squeeze out a little more consistency and accuracy, how big of a window do you sort into? For instance, .2gr ... .5gr?
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