Originally Posted by
doctnj
I found my number today to be 39.5. I already reloaded to that load and will do a verification shoot tomorrow. Wound up just below book max. I dont know. I felt I am an adult and understand the risks of shooting a load over book max. My 11 year old daughter does not. She shouldnt even have to consider that consequence at this point. So I worked up several loads and believe I found a laser beam. I personally do what he did, or close to it, but in 5 shot groups because I think 5 shows a real tendency of a shot. If you yank one shot out of 3 that is a third of your data that now cant be considered.
One point of interest. I shot a particular load on the low side. 5 of them were just for sighting in. Then I had an additional 5 that was suppose to be in the test as well. The sighters were close enough to the bull that I changed nothing. But they were spread out maybe and inch tall and inch and half wide edge to edge. I was concentrating a lot on these shots so I threw that load out of the test immediately. So after I finished the test and the rifle still very hot from the last string being fired. I loaded the remaining 5 rounds and rapid fired them. 4 out of 5 were in the bull all touching. This wasnt the load I selected. The load I selected only had three shots to it. That part makes me doubt it. See I yanked one and am going of the two that are nearly through the same hole. But the third is close by and on the same horizontal and the remaining two.
Its a factory sporter type barrel. Could the heat have played that big a part in the difference between the first and last group?
After I go for verification shoot tomorrow Ill post pics of both targets. The "guess" and the confirmation of being stupid or lucky. lol