Basement Articles

[alamogunr]

I ran across the "Basement Articles" , mostly by accident. I decided to print out and file just so I would have them in case something happened and I couldn't access them later. I've got all except #9, which I can find no record of existing as such. Is there a Basement Article #9? If so, where can I find it?

I print out many things of interest from the computer because I do not like to read from the monitor. This can be a disadvantage because these printouts seem to pile up and I forget where I filed them. The Basement Articles is not one that I have lost. I refer to it often.

 

[Ian]

I haven't written #9 yet.

 

[alamogunr]

Thanks! I will look forward to it.

 

[Ian]

Thanks! I will look forward to it.

I appreciate that, and the kind words about the other articles but I may never get there. #9 was supposed to be an advanced discussion of high-velocity loading techniques but I was testing some things for repeatability and the whole thing got muddy. Basically I don't understand or know enough to write it yet, and may never. One day I may swith tack and make it about powder-coated rifle bullets, but again only when I feel confident enough in the repeatability and reliability of my findings.

 

[alamogunr]

Hey! I'm a long way from utilizing most of the knowledge contained in the rest of the articles. My looking for #9 was mainly due to my OCD tendencies. I've spent most of my time loading for handguns. I've done some loading for rifles but mostly for milsurps. even then I didn't spend a lot of time trying to improve the accuracy of the loads. Open sights and old eyes don't always lead to being able to appreciate extreme accuracy. I still enjoy it though.

 

[Bret4207]

Wait a minute Ian, you AREN'T going to write an article just because you don't understand the findings? You'd never make it in todays market friend!

 

[Ian]

I'll leave the hyperbole, premature conclusions, and three-shot group testing to the gun writers hungry for the next buck. These writings are for real, thinking shooters who are working on a conceptual level instead of just sizing brass, seating bullets, and hoping it works. It doesn't pay enough to rush to print, or even make final drafts. I read through all those articles a while back and they need some serious editing for sentence structure and clarity. Most of them were written as a sort of stream of consciousness at two in the morning on a weeknight when I should have been in bed, but that's the time of day when I'm able to lasso abstract concepts out of the thinnest air and bring them down on paper.

 

[Bret4207]

I like it, and not just 3 shot groups, but the best of 10 3 shot groups and ignore the others!

 

[Brad]

Or you could try something new, follow none of the direction given by others, and when it failed proclaim it impossible

 

[fiver]

that's how I do it.

 

[alamogunr]

You guys are being facetious but some of us use all available methods depending on which one suits the situation.

 

[Spindrift]

I like it, and not just 3 shot groups, but the best of 10 3 shot groups and ignore the others!

Or; shoot a 3-shot group, and disregard the two fliers. That’s what I call accuracy!

 

[fiver]

I want to say each situation is different, but they kind of start falling into categories after a while, and you start to sort of see some patterns emerging.
IMO there is a relationship between bullet design and the alloy you want to use with it.
you also will have better luck with powder speeds near the opposite end of the spectrum with those combinations.
picking one or the other isn't really going to matter until your really in the stratosphere of jacketed speeds and start running out of case volume to work with the slow powders, and have to look for alternatives if you wish to keep going.
does it matter at normal or low speed shooting?
well.
yeah IMO it does.
the difference between respectable groups that are consistent, and those woah that rifle shoots pretty dang good groups, can be nothing more or less than a good design or fixing up the alloy to withstand the stress you place on it.