wquiles
Well-Known Member
I don't want to get into a religious experience regarding cast bullets, but, given this forum is about the "art" and "science" of bullet casting, so I figured it would be good to get opinions and advice.
I have been searching on prior posts here in the forum regarding "weight sorting" vs (or in addition) to "visual sorting", which is more on the "art" of bullet casting. I have also seen a few posts where doing weight sorting has some merit, which is more of the "science" part of bullet casting.
I personally don't do weight sorting for pistol shooting, but of course do the visual sorting, as in the distances involved with my pistol shooting are often under 25 yards, and the gun is probably more accurate than I can hold and align with iron sights or even a red dot.
That being said, for my shooting at 100yards, I am finally getting a little better, a little more consistent in my technique, and I am beguining to wonder if some of those "fliers" I get are potentially a too light or too heavy bullet at 100yards.
Now, I suspect that as I improve my bullet casting ability (I can only hope, right?) that I will have less deviation, but to test whether weight has any effect (or not) on my 100yard groups, I started with some recently cast Lee 165gr 308 cal bullets. I did my normal visual sorting, sized them, PC coated them, GC-ed them & size again (same operation), and then weight sorted finished bullets, and I got them into 3x groups:
- "light" - 168.9gr +/- 0.3gr
- "medium" - 169.6gr +/- 0.3gr
- "heavy" - 170.3gr +/- 0.3gr
I loaded them exactly the same, on my Mega single stage press. I plan to go shoot them in the next week or so. Something fun to do outdoors, right?
Advice/opinions/suggestions on the idea/concept of weight sorting vs fliers in a target?
Will
I have been searching on prior posts here in the forum regarding "weight sorting" vs (or in addition) to "visual sorting", which is more on the "art" of bullet casting. I have also seen a few posts where doing weight sorting has some merit, which is more of the "science" part of bullet casting.
I personally don't do weight sorting for pistol shooting, but of course do the visual sorting, as in the distances involved with my pistol shooting are often under 25 yards, and the gun is probably more accurate than I can hold and align with iron sights or even a red dot.
That being said, for my shooting at 100yards, I am finally getting a little better, a little more consistent in my technique, and I am beguining to wonder if some of those "fliers" I get are potentially a too light or too heavy bullet at 100yards.
Now, I suspect that as I improve my bullet casting ability (I can only hope, right?) that I will have less deviation, but to test whether weight has any effect (or not) on my 100yard groups, I started with some recently cast Lee 165gr 308 cal bullets. I did my normal visual sorting, sized them, PC coated them, GC-ed them & size again (same operation), and then weight sorted finished bullets, and I got them into 3x groups:
- "light" - 168.9gr +/- 0.3gr
- "medium" - 169.6gr +/- 0.3gr
- "heavy" - 170.3gr +/- 0.3gr
I loaded them exactly the same, on my Mega single stage press. I plan to go shoot them in the next week or so. Something fun to do outdoors, right?
Advice/opinions/suggestions on the idea/concept of weight sorting vs fliers in a target?
Will
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