Very well said. I've wasted a lot of rounds chasing a goal that wasn't going to happen.Load development is never finished, only abandoned.
That would be me. I'll work on a load until I get bored with it and move on to another one.Load development is never finished, only abandoned.
I've always done the ladder test at no less than 300 yards to show me the same info. Groups of 3 will always pop up. Then seating depth adjustment to shrink the groups down. My chrono always agrees with the ladder test results.I chased my tail for a while , then , while visiting the Michigan corner at camp perry, a well rescan said, A) do the 6.5 guys load development test ( load 10 shots , in .02 tenths increments, from max down, shoot thru the clock, on both the high end and low end, you will see 3 velocities that are almost identical.......that is your load) B) you may have to do this with different powders and seating depth.
I can hold 10 ring to 10 ring (with the iron sights) , at 200/300 yards velocities are very close to each other