Thread: .243 load development part deux

Been an interesting thread. Imo there's a couple of things at play here. Firstly it appears some people don't know the difference between target/range accuracy and hunting accuracy. They are very different things and it appears some think they need a rifle to be able to shoot tiny groups consistently over multilabel shots to shot animals where you only ever fire one or two mostly. So three shots is sufficient into the kill zone at your maximum distance consistently for your ability . Then you know if something goes wrong on your first shot, you are likely to make a hit with your second. Es imo is very important. If you have very low velocity difference, then your loading procedure is working. If you have big velocity differences from even a small group then you need to find out why and change something in your loading technique . Es isn't to show accuracy primarily . There are other things for that. If your load isn't accurate then there's something wrong with the shooter, rifle , load components. Probably in that order. Fixing one or more of those will sort your accuracy.