ORIGINAL: Rifle Loony
Only a fool doesn't work up in some form or fashion.
There's no substitute for rounds down range...
A load manual is a good general consenous, beyond that, it takes trigger time..........
This from the person who so fervently extolled the virtues of what did you call it..... OCW
Accuracy loads are not always tested by shooting a loaded cartridge downrange, many are shot in a pressure barrel and the load listed produced the most consistant pressures. Take it with a grain of salt, I have had accuracy loads from both Nosler and Sierra that have produced excellent accuracy and others that have not faired so well. I ideally try to go for a load density greater that 80% but that does not always produce the best groups. I decide on bullet then start with the bullet manufacturers data unless I can't get acceptable accuracy then I go to the powder manufacturers data. That being said I also like to use the Lyman manual as an unbias data source for reference.