thanx guys...that cleared it up....im pretty much brand new to reloading and was overthinking the whole deal...but it all makes sense now...thats why i figured id pick y'alls brains and try to leave my buddy thats helpin me alone...hes gotta have a headache! lol


thndr, its not for the 7600....im about done with that project.... 0.75" at 100yds is plenty fine for that rifle..i just gotta make sure it wasnt a fluke and i'll stick with that load...this is for a m700 22-250...

i know a custom rifle will do just as much for shooting as a great load...but right now i have the ability to work up a great load...so im gunna start there...do i really need to shoot ragged hole groups?? not really...but do i want to? who doesnt?? its my groundhog gun...that 1" flyer at 100yds is a missed groundhog at 400yds...thats how i look at it...yes im going to spend a little more than you would to work up your typical loads...but, accuracy is never cheap...that i know...

i bought the m700 for an out of the box shooter...and that it is..ive fired multiple sub-moa groups at 100yds with it and factory ammo already...a good handload worked up, and a trigger job, and i think i'll see very good shooting from it...but i bought the m700 for an out of the box shooter that i can customize as i go and grow as a shooter and want more out of it...right now, a good load will tighten groups and give more consistent groups...those 1" flyers from inconsistent brass, and loading processes etc make a great group into a bad group..and like i said, thats a missed groundhog at 400yds..

and lets not get into if i wanted a 400yd groundhog gun i shoulda went bigger, ive done 350 with it on more than one occassion...

right now, im no competetion shooter or anything...but i think im slowly working towards it...just taking the scenic route to get there...the more i learn workin with my hunting gun, which is a gun i use regular, the better i become at shooting and loading and everything...