Thread: Sighting in / handloads

At sub-200yds, you can get away with a lot. Very anaemic loads might be up to two inches lower than factory ammo and on a 6" boiler room, it probably doesn't matter. 300+yds would be a different story.

Know it’s been awhile

What was your COAL and CBTO? or

Did you do mag length (what was yours)?

When I get a new to me rifle that I've never shot before Ill usually buy a couple of packs of factory ammo. Ill get the same brand and if I can I'll get different weight projectiles. That gives me at least 40 rounds then Ill go and shoot them at a target,This does a couple of things. It gets me familiar with the rifle I can get it roughly sighted in I can see what ammo it prefers and Im fire forming brass for my hand loads.

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

I would sight it in 1 1/2" high at 100 with the factory ammo, then its ready for hunting.
Then play around with reloads but dont change the scope until the reloads are perfected. If the reload groups are off to the side or up or down from the 'factory load zero' during load development it doesnt matter at all, they can still be measured and compared. All that does matter is that you find a load you are happy with and that might take time.
In the mean time, your rifle is zeroed and you can grab it at short notice for a hunt with no worries of getting the load work done.

That ^^^^^^

Looks ok to me eh. But if i were you i would begin from book minimum load. You don't wanna miss any super comfortable nodes that produce excellent precision / low recoil.

Personally i like the kindle version of the hornady load book (if you don't have one already)

Those 165gr interlocks do seem to be quite effective pills for the .308win. Never had anything get back up with them... 165-168gr does seem to be a sweet spot as well, definitely a bit more authority than the 150gr loads not that there seems to be anything wrong with those though.