I was loading up some 30-06 rounds for a friend of mine the other day when I started to wonder how far others go to achieve accuracy for a hunting rifle.I know bench shooters take it to the extream so lets just talk about a typical hunting rifle.
Here's what I do.......
I trim all cases so that they are the same length,then de-bur.
I weigh each powder charge instead of using the powder measurer (I use it for pistol rounds though).
I make the bullet so it is only .015" from the rifle lands (this seems to be a good spot for most of our guns).
After doing this I will build about 3-4 loads with different powder charges.Usually out of the 3-4 loads one will produce a .75 " or less group @ 100 yards
It's kinda funny that the cheapest rifle in our safe (my bro's 700 adl in 30-06) will shoot the tightest groups.After working up only 3 different loads I found one that will shoot 3 shot groupls small enough to cover with a dime.
So what all do you folks do to achieve accuracy?
Here's what I do.......
I trim all cases so that they are the same length,then de-bur.
I weigh each powder charge instead of using the powder measurer (I use it for pistol rounds though).
I make the bullet so it is only .015" from the rifle lands (this seems to be a good spot for most of our guns).
After doing this I will build about 3-4 loads with different powder charges.Usually out of the 3-4 loads one will produce a .75 " or less group @ 100 yards
It's kinda funny that the cheapest rifle in our safe (my bro's 700 adl in 30-06) will shoot the tightest groups.After working up only 3 different loads I found one that will shoot 3 shot groupls small enough to cover with a dime.
So what all do you folks do to achieve accuracy?