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<blockquote data-quote="ndbwhunter" data-source="post: 327947" data-attributes="member: 1288">Been doing a lot of load testing on my 300WM. Finally found two loads that shoot well, but can't decide what to do next. Loaded from 73.5 up to 77.5 grains of RL26. First charge - 73.5 grains of RL26 pushing a 180 barnes TTSX a hair over 2800fps. 0.335MOA (all touching with 2 in the same hole)Second charge - 77.5 grains of RL26 (same bullet) at roughly 3100fps. 0.65MOA (clover leaf)I would love the 77.5 to have been the best based on the velocity, but clearly that wasn't the case. Either group is excellent for the purposes of hunting, but I plan to test a few more charges near the 77.5 load and switch up the primers to see if I can tighten that group.Should I try working up from 77 in 0.2 grain increments up to 78?Everything in between the two charges above started to open up before finally tightening up again as I got closer to 77.5.What would you guys do? Leave it, or keep playing?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ndbwhunter, post: 327947, member: 1288"] Been doing a lot of load testing on my 300WM. Finally found two loads that shoot well, but can't decide what to do next. Loaded from 73.5 up to 77.5 grains of RL26. First charge - 73.5 grains of RL26 pushing a 180 barnes TTSX a hair over 2800fps. 0.335MOA (all touching with 2 in the same hole) Second charge - 77.5 grains of RL26 (same bullet) at roughly 3100fps. 0.65MOA (clover leaf) I would love the 77.5 to have been the best based on the velocity, but clearly that wasn't the case. Either group is excellent for the purposes of hunting, but I plan to test a few more charges near the 77.5 load and switch up the primers to see if I can tighten that group. Should I try working up from 77 in 0.2 grain increments up to 78? Everything in between the two charges above started to open up before finally tightening up again as I got closer to 77.5. What would you guys do? Leave it, or keep playing? [/QUOTE]

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