sksshooter
Well-Known Member
Those that reload i'd like to hear your method for developing a load up for heavier recoiling rifles. Ideally i prefer to load up 5 rounds each at my chosen powder charges. shoot each 5 round group and when i find my most accurate node then i go back and tweak from there up and down a half grain etc. I've had a 300wsm for a couple of years now that i have been needing to develop a load for and finally decided to get that done this year. the rifle is a browning a-bolt with wood stock and is on the lighter weigh side so i expected it to have decent recoil. i threw my existing process out and tried something different. i started off with a 165 grain nosler and loaded 3 rounds of each charge. I stared at the lowest charge and worked up in 1 grain increments and went and shot them. i also went ahead and loaded a different powder with the 165s. in the spirit of saving time i went 1 grain above min and loaded up in 1 grain increments from there. i also have some 180's that i would like to work up as well so i did the same skipping the min charge. in all i had 27 rounds to test in groups of 3. i shot these all in one sitting over the course of apx 2.5ish hours allowing the barrel to cool between groups. i ended up with a couple of good nodes to work from and a shoulder bruised all to hell. i'll work with the load i have in the 165's and should be able to dial it in just a bit. i'm going to save the other info for later to work up.