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Old 02-12-2004, 07:43 AM
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bigcountry
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Default RE: What's your proceedure for working up a rifle load?

I would load 4 sets of loads between your 30.8 and 34.6gr (five each). Pick a COL that can reliabably fit in your magizine but not smack the rifling. I like a stoney point AOL guauge for this. Shoot your four sets and pick one load out you like. Next, go back to the loading bench and keep your load you liked. If they are all about the same groups/velocity spreads, pick the max(what I do). I now adjust seating depth. If you started with .03" from the rifling already, you have only one place to go, down. I would now shoot 4 different sets (5 each) of your varying seating depths. Should have something to work with now.

If on the first set, none of the groups are workable, I usually change the bullet or powder.