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Old 02-15-2007, 10:03 AM
L. Cooper L. Cooper is offline
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Only contribution I can make is to say that downloading does not necessarily improve anything. My son's .243 shoots better as loads get hotter. I don't know what the gun will do (it's a bolt action) because we got pressure signs that forced us to stop experimenting and back off. But *hot*loads shoot best in his.

Another .243 I load for does not seem to like low pressure, but group size with a couple of loads is smallest just below published maximums.

I don't think there is any rule. Hot, mild, medium may all shoot, or may not. Experimentation is the only way to know.

Just as encouragement, I have found very few rifles that couldn't shoot SOMETHING well. It was just a matter of finding that load.
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