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: Goodwisha

New Today: 1

New Yesterday: 0

Overall: 13073

People Online:

Members: 1

Visitors: 178

BOT: 2

Total: 181

Who Is Where:

Members:
01: gelandangan > Forums

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

BOT:
01: Forums
02: Forums

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!

Coppermine Stats

Photo Albums

• Albums: 308
• Pictures: 2448
  · Views: 812516
  · Votes: 1315
  · 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) (17497 reads) [ Administration ]