I think the quality of the barrel has a lot to do with the performance of the gun and the reloading fiddling makes little difference for hunting purposes.
I put lots of effort in and I struggle to get groups of less than .5 MOA at 100yds. This latest effort with the rifle I am trying to sell looks like about 1.5 MOA to me. Regards JCS
Thanks very much. Two of the shots in the top half of the target were shot off 4 sticks. There was a bit of pressure not to screw up at the final stage. Regards JCSAre two of those shots free standing or off sticks John? Either way that's good shooting. ...]
looks like about 1.5 MOA to me. Regards JCS
This is interesting - not arguing - as there is another school of thought which would sacrifice some accuracy for velocity.This was a group at 100yds and I reload as I enjoy it, as others have said i'm not interested in speed its accuracy that kills.
I can see that angle, different applications I suppose. If I were taking down big animals with an 8" kill zone then I'd probably err toward energy.I'm a firm believer in the adage that says accuracy above all else. I like my rifles to shoot 1/2" at 100yds as I mainly shoot small varmints at longish ranges. If they can't manage that, I find it too easy to blame the rifle instead of the idiot behind the trigger when I miss....
Hence the reason I sold my hummer, as I just could not get it better than 1" at 100yds no matter what I did.
Haha, pull the other one!I re load for 4 reasons
To get the best out of my rifles
To Save money
I find it relaxing
To have something to do whilst my wife is watching crappy soaps.
I stop playing with a load once I am happy that anything I point it at is dead. I only change a load if I drop on a bulk buy of a new component very cheap.
Rick
Haha, pull the other one!
Unless you're doing serious volume it'll take a month of Sunday's to recover the fixed cost, especially if you're using premium components - and constantly buying bits 'n bobs... ahem.