

Shoot your 20 rounds, keep and study the target and decide what you have to work on.ģ. Use 5-rounds as sighters, and make sure you are zeroed in on the 10-ring. Next load 25-rounds of whatever load worked best. Keep your journal updated, record every trip to the range, and have a written objective to accomplish with each practice session.Ģ. Also record weather, temperatures and any sighting problems you have to work on. At home take a notebook, and cut your target so that you have the printed groups and your notes for each load and paste them each on a page of you notebook. Now that you have a load you can work with comes the important part.ġ. Sometimes the best load is a range of a grain or two, not a range of. You will probably find out your rifle will shoot equally as well at 39 grains and 40 grains of powder. 2 grains increments between 39 and 42 grains. Take your targets and written observation home and reload the next batch of ammo on. For example, your best groups may be between 39-42 grains of powder. Use a fresh target for each of your 5-test loads, and record bullet weight, and grains of powder, and percieved recoil.Īs you progress from lowest load to highest, you will see your groups coming together. Go to a shooting range, and bag your rifle up as much as possible to stop any movement and first make sure your rifle is sighted in properly at 100 yards.
#Can i shoot 308 in my lrb m14 manual#
Go to your loading manual and load 5-rounds of each designated load for 168 grain bullets from lowest to highest. Your 168 Mk's and your powder are fine for 600 yards. You have to load your own samples to find out what works for you. Every barrel has different harmonics, and what works for one barrel will not work for another. Guitarguy, there is no such thing as a Pet Load for one gun that transfers to another gun.
