Thread: General approach to powder selection for a new load

iv been reloading off & on for years but still an amateur with the bare basic gear , never had a chrony so always for accuracy though I do tend to look up the charts & pic a faster combo , always learning especially when you can talk to someone who really no,s what they are talking about , recently a mate has been giving advise & dropped me off a folder I can keep nice clear records on so now I can consolidate all my little bits of paper !
generally when im organised I get around 3 different bullet types the sample pac,s , think you can get 15 or 20 projectiles in each pac , as often it could be the projectile the gun doesn't like so it sux when youv just brought 100 of them !! , this last lot of reloading iv done for the 308 I put close to 40 rounds through it before I found what it really likes & funny enough it came down to .1 of a gram between ok/average to really good it was a pac of 50 so only had 10 more to spear after that I would have changed projectiles for sure , I didn't bother playing around with the seating depth as I worked out at max mag length its miles of the lands anyway , pluss don't be shy to let someone else have a shot as not everyone can shoot bits of paper that great anyway ...no no not talking about myself if that's what your thinking