View Full Version : Wasted time at the loading bench...
Sweetpea
11-09-2014, 09:04 PM
Finally made it to the range today to test some loads I had for my son's 308 with full-length gas checks...
The first load I tested, turned in an honest 1/2" group at 100 yards.
Time to pull some bullets...[smilie=b:
Times like this I wish I had my own range, load one and shoot it!
Brandon
Floydster
11-09-2014, 09:08 PM
Huh ?..
.22-10-45
11-09-2014, 09:12 PM
That's the reason I don't gamble...Whenever I am loading up a batch of new loads..I just KNOW that a certain bullet or powder charge won't shoot..so I only load a few of these and concentrate on the ones I am sure will..As my luck usually has it..those few are the only ones that do shoot! Makes range loading worthwhile.
MaryB
11-09-2014, 09:47 PM
Huh? 1/2 inch group is bad????
Sweetpea
11-09-2014, 09:49 PM
Huh? 1/2 inch group is bad????
Nope!
The bad part is pulling the bullets from all the other loads I had sitting there!
Artful
11-09-2014, 09:50 PM
Shot them - maybe you'll find a load that will do 3/8 or 1/4 inch groups - jeez
2wheelDuke
11-09-2014, 09:52 PM
Shoot the other loads. You never know.
Blacksmith
11-09-2014, 10:08 PM
Finally made it to the range today to test some loads I had for my son's 308 with full-length gas checks...
The first load I tested, turned in an honest 1/2" group at 100 yards.
Time to pull some bullets...[smilie=b:
Times like this I wish I had my own range, load one and shoot it!
Brandon
Get a Lee Loader hand tool or a Lee Hand Press for regular dies and load at the range. Do all the prep work at home including priming and all you need is a scale to weigh powder and then seat the bullet.
Sweetpea
11-09-2014, 10:10 PM
Shoot the other loads. You never know.
I shot some of them... I doubt you could hit Montana with them if'n you were standing in downtown Billings...
TXGunNut
11-10-2014, 01:13 AM
Certainly not a waste of time. I've spent many hours at the loading bench that haven't resuted in a .5" group. Congrats and good luck on your CB endeavors.
Mike in TX
11-10-2014, 07:13 AM
I take reloading equipment to the range. I asked the range master before I reload and have never been turned down.
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