HuntingNut » News » How do I "tune" a load to be more accurate?

Home • Community Forums • Photo Albums • Register

Modules

• Home - Top 30
• Treasury
• Tell a Friend

Articles: Submit New
• Articles: Topics
• Contact Us
• Community Forums

Members List
• Photo Albums
• PointBlank Ballistics
• PointBlank Online
• Privacy Policy
• Private Messages

Reloading Database
• State F&G Agencies
• Statistics
• Your Account

User Info

Welcome Anonymous

(Register)

Membership:

Latest: IPutMoInYoA

New Today: 0

New Yesterday: 0

Overall: 13131

People Online:

Members: 0

Visitors: 151

BOT: 1

Total: 152

Who Is Where:

Visitors:
01: Home
02: Home
03: Forums
04: Home
05: Forums
06: Home
07: Forums
08: Forums
09: Home
10: Forums
11: Photo Albums
12: Forums
13: Photo Albums
14: News
15: Forums
16: Forums
17: Forums
18: Your Account
19: Your Account
20: Photo Albums
21: Photo Albums
22: Home
23: Your Account
24: Photo Albums
25: Your Account
26: Home
27: Home
28: Forums
29: Photo Albums
30: Forums
31: Forums
32: Photo Albums
33: Photo Albums
34: Photo Albums
35: Your Account
36: Forums
37: Home
38: Forums
39: Forums
40: Forums
41: Home
42: Forums
43: Forums
44: Forums
45: Forums
46: Forums
47: Your Account
48: Forums
49: Your Account
50: Home
51: Forums
52: Your Account
53: Forums
54: Photo Albums
55: Forums
56: Forums
57: Photo Albums
58: Photo Albums
59: Forums
60: Photo Albums
61: Your Account
62: Forums
63: Photo Albums
64: Photo Albums
65: Forums
66: Your Account
67: Forums
68: Forums
69: Home
70: Forums
71: Forums
72: Forums
73: Forums
74: Forums
75: Forums
76: Photo Albums
77: Forums
78: Forums
79: Your Account
80: Home
81: Home
82: Forums
83: Forums
84: Forums
85: Your Account
86: Forums
87: Photo Albums
88: Forums
89: Forums
90: Home
91: Home
92: Home
93: Home
94: Forums
95: Photo Albums
96: Forums
97: Home
98: Photo Albums
99: Home
100: Photo Albums
101: Photo Albums
102: Forums
103: Home
104: Your Account
105: Forums
106: Forums
107: News
108: Home
109: Forums
110: Forums
111: Your Account
112: Forums
113: Forums
114: Forums
115: Photo Albums
116: Forums
117: Photo Albums
118: News
119: Forums
120: Home
121: Home
122: Your Account
123: Home
124: Photo Albums
125: Forums
126: Forums
127: Your Account
128: Photo Albums
129: Photo Albums
130: Forums
131: Photo Albums
132: Forums
133: Forums
134: Forums
135: Your Account
136: Forums
137: Photo Albums
138: Home
139: Forums
140: Forums
141: Forums
142: Forums
143: Forums
144: Forums
145: Forums
146: Forums
147: Photo Albums
148: Forums
149: Your Account
150: Forums
151: Forums

BOT:
01: Forums

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!

Coppermine Stats

Photo Albums

• Albums: 308
• Pictures: 2452
  · Views: 824614
  · Votes: 1316
  · Comments: 86

How do I "tune" a load to be more accurate?

Each rifle is different and will usually like a specific load “recipe” to achieve best performance. There are several things which can be done to enhance accuracy of a load for a specific rifle. The following are tips in no particular order.

#1) Try altering the amount of powder used in the load. Move up from the minimum recommended load in your reloading manual in .5 grain increments until you either notice excess pressure signs OR you reach the maximum recommended load, which ever comes first.

#2) Try changing powders to a type of powder which will fill the case more. Most rifles like powder charges which fill the case 80% or more.

#3) Try adjusting the seating depth of the bullet. Most rifles will like the bullet a few thousands of an inch off the lands. This usually requires a Cartridge headspace gauge to measure but can be done by denting an empty, sized case mouth slightly and lightly inserting a bullet. Chamber the empty case slowly, letting the bolt act as a press and the rifling to seat the bullet into the case. Take an Gage OAL measurement of this case length and seat the bullet a few thousands more. Barnes X bullets usually like more freebore to the lands so try seating them deeper. *Note: when altering the seating depth of a cartridge, reduce the load slightly as the volume within the case is also altered as the bullet is seated at different depths.

#4) Get a primer pocket uniformer tool and make sure your primer pockets are uniform. When most brass is created, a small burr is left inside the case and can make for a non-uniform burn of the powder.

#5) Try different brands of bullets and even bullet weights. Some rifles are picky as to what weight of bullet they will shoot well. This can depend on the twist of the barrel rifling.

Posted by DallanC on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 (23:48:13) (18248 reads) [ Administration ]