Originally Posted by
Blackelk
I wish I was good at explaining things. This is my last stage of my reloading to find the sweet spots. Maybe you already know how to measure how much jump your rifle has vs standard COL depths. You can really tune a bullet with seating depths but also spend a lot of range time fine tuning loads. I would start trying to tune a load at 300 yards it will show you a lot more of what your groups are actually doing than shooting at 100 yards.
First thing I would do is a ladder test at 300 yards with different powder charges and the standard COL then think about bullet jump. Here again I wish I was less redneck and more of a intellectual. But alas where two or more of your powder charges come close to each other in the string of shooting your getting closer to your sweet spot charge.
Nomercy or Ridge could explain this better.
Seems like you explained it purty well Blackelk - same process I use. I shoot groups with different bullets to line out what bullet my barrel likes best, then ladder test with different powders with a fixed 20thou jump, then once I pick a powder and charge weight, I work longer towards the lands to find my best accuracy.