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What's needed to obtain hunting accuracy in reloading??
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<blockquote data-quote="Jud96" data-source="post: 1552901" data-attributes="member: 69478"><p>There's a ton of useful information on this site and over on Accurate Shooter as well. I've learned a ton of about precision reloading online, but you have to sort through a lot of bad info as well. I'm a big YouTube watcher, and there's a couple channels I really like for precision shooting. I like the channels Panhandle Precision and 6.5 Guys. Both of them use great equipment, techniques, and explain a lot on their videos regarding reloading and load development.</p><p></p><p>I use a lot of techniques developed on my own, and a lot that I have learned from other long range shooters to come up with my personalized form of reloading and load development. There's a dozen ways to go about it, you just have to find what works for you. </p><p></p><p>I wouldn't go crazy at first with certain steps when reloading such as neck turning, primer pocket uniforming, flash hole deburring, weight sorting, etc. Just start out with the basics. Properly setup your dies and full length size, trim your brass, seat your primers and make sure they're flush or below the case head, zero/calibrate your scale every time you use it, weigh your charges to within .1 grain using a good beam scale, digital scale, or RCBS Chargemaster. Find your lands with a Sinclair OAL tool and seat your bullets to suit your chamber and/or magazine length. Use good dies, they don't have to be bushing dies. Start with some standard Hornady, RCBS, Redding, Forster, etc. </p><p></p><p>I would also highly recommend good components. You can have the best equipment in the world but if you use cheap or inconsistent components you won't get the results you want. For bullets I'd start with Hornady ELDs, Berger Hybrids or Elite Hunters, or Sierra MatchKings. I like Hodgdon Extreme powders, IMR Enduron powders, and new Reloder powders like RL16, RL23, and RL26. Peterson, Lapua, ADG, and Alpha brass is top tier. Hornady brass is decent but doesn't last as long as the others. I've had good luck with Bertram brass in my .308 Norma, but I've heard a lot of complaints about it as well as good. For primers I like Federal, whether they're the standard or Gold Medal Match, they work. I use to use all Winchester primers but found Federals to give me more consistent velocities and groups. CCI primers are also good, especially their BR-2s and BR-4s.</p><p></p><p>Don't over complicate things. Find the bullet you want to shoot, get some brass, pick a good, popular powder for your cartridge. Start a few grains below book max or what others are shooting, and work up in 0.3-0.5gr increments. Find a charge that delivers consistent velocities at a decent speed. If you're not getting the groups you want, adjust seating depth in or out in .005 increments until you find what shoots best. Don't start neck turning, weight sorting, primer pocket uniforming, and all of that until you have a very good understanding of everything and your skills as a shooter and reloader are exceptional and you feel you need to try and improve your ammo and techniques.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jud96, post: 1552901, member: 69478"] There’s a ton of useful information on this site and over on Accurate Shooter as well. I’ve learned a ton of about precision reloading online, but you have to sort through a lot of bad info as well. I’m a big YouTube watcher, and there’s a couple channels I really like for precision shooting. I like the channels Panhandle Precision and 6.5 Guys. Both of them use great equipment, techniques, and explain a lot on their videos regarding reloading and load development. I use a lot of techniques developed on my own, and a lot that I have learned from other long range shooters to come up with my personalized form of reloading and load development. There’s a dozen ways to go about it, you just have to find what works for you. I wouldn’t go crazy at first with certain steps when reloading such as neck turning, primer pocket uniforming, flash hole deburring, weight sorting, etc. Just start out with the basics. Properly setup your dies and full length size, trim your brass, seat your primers and make sure they’re flush or below the case head, zero/calibrate your scale every time you use it, weigh your charges to within .1 grain using a good beam scale, digital scale, or RCBS Chargemaster. Find your lands with a Sinclair OAL tool and seat your bullets to suit your chamber and/or magazine length. Use good dies, they don’t have to be bushing dies. Start with some standard Hornady, RCBS, Redding, Forster, etc. I would also highly recommend good components. You can have the best equipment in the world but if you use cheap or inconsistent components you won’t get the results you want. For bullets I’d start with Hornady ELDs, Berger Hybrids or Elite Hunters, or Sierra MatchKings. I like Hodgdon Extreme powders, IMR Enduron powders, and new Reloder powders like RL16, RL23, and RL26. Peterson, Lapua, ADG, and Alpha brass is top tier. Hornady brass is decent but doesn’t last as long as the others. I’ve had good luck with Bertram brass in my .308 Norma, but I’ve heard a lot of complaints about it as well as good. For primers I like Federal, whether they’re the standard or Gold Medal Match, they work. I use to use all Winchester primers but found Federals to give me more consistent velocities and groups. CCI primers are also good, especially their BR-2s and BR-4s. Don’t over complicate things. Find the bullet you want to shoot, get some brass, pick a good, popular powder for your cartridge. Start a few grains below book max or what others are shooting, and work up in 0.3-0.5gr increments. Find a charge that delivers consistent velocities at a decent speed. If you’re not getting the groups you want, adjust seating depth in or out in .005 increments until you find what shoots best. Don’t start neck turning, weight sorting, primer pocket uniforming, and all of that until you have a very good understanding of everything and your skills as a shooter and reloader are exceptional and you feel you need to try and improve your ammo and techniques. [/QUOTE]
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