This past Saturday the freezing weather went back up north where it belongs. I wanted to load some .308 rounds and head to the range.
I have been having some trouble with an old RCBS digital scale so I drag out the Dillion Eliminator beam scale. I get the scale set up and ready to go.
I was going to load some ladder loads with a NOE 310-167-FN-AK3 gas checked bullet, lubed with Carnauba Blue. I had good luck with 17.0 & 17.5 gr of 2400.
the groups Were getting close to MOA groups at 100 yards. Things went to **** at 18.0 grains of 2400. I am still looking for the sweet spot and was going to start
at 17.3 and load up to 17.7 and see if I could find that sweet spot somewhere in between.
Here is where everything went to the dogs so to speak, a major mind fart. I had 20 rounds loaded and then noticed that the scale was set for 16.3 grains and not
17.3. Well I pulled the bullets and started over and made sure it was set for said 17.3. I load 10 and forgot to bump the load up the 1/10 of a grain and loaded 10 more.
Being too irritated to destroy more bullets so I have 20 to put on one target, and finished out the rest of the batch up to 17.6.
I hope I am not the only one to have a major mind fart like that while reloading. Those senior moments happen from time to time but the switch back to a regular scale
sure had me stumped. And no I didn't make it to the range.