I wish I could explain it! I personally haven’t shot enough at distance or been in the reloading game enough to see it first hand but I do trust the seasoned guys if that helps
I have a great friend whom I actually met on this forum that has helped via FaceTime and voice calls on numerous occasions as I start reloading 2 years ago. One of the best bits of advice he told me was this, don’t settle on a load that’s in or near the same hole at 100 nor the one that is 1 1/2...
Those fliers were actually first shot on each. Can’t figure it out for the life of me, very well could be me though. Before I start down the road of seating depths I’m going to try Winchester LRP to see if that makes a difference.
I have the following for sale:
Redding 7-08 BR competition Seater (55139) brand new never used
$125.00 shipped
Redding 2 die set 243 Win. (801144). Again new never used, rebuilt the rifle to a 7-08 before we reloaded for the .243.
$50.00 shipped
I recently built a 280ai and noticed with both a 140 AB load and a 160 AB my best “groups” so far out to 300 yards (holds .5 MOA all day long, are not my best ES and SD numbers. I still have found close to .5 MOA with single digit ES and SD loads but at the end of the day it’s a hunting rifle…...
Shot some 160 Accubond loads over H4831sc yesterday and I think I have an area the gun likes. These groups were at 300 yards with a decent crosswind around 10-12mph. I personally have only shot this distance less than a handful of times in my lifetime ( I know most will say 300…. That’s...