Common sense precision loading reloading for long range shooting.

[@thetexasrat]

With a powder measure throwing a few tenths of a grain low, a magnetic dampened beam scale, a good powder trickler, and a digital scale as a safety check I can easily have accurate powder charges in the cases every 10 seconds. I have a Redding Competition 10X Powder measure, an Ohaus 5-0-5 beam scale, a Lyman Brass Smith powder trickler, and a Hornady Gen 3 1500 digital scale. I use the powder measure to dispense powder into the scale pan, the trickler to round off the charge weight on the beam scale, and then I set the pan onto the digital scale as a double check. If the two scales do not agree I recheck the beam scale poises and re-zero the digital scale. Normally it is the digital scale that has drifted, but once it was a beam scale poise got moved by accident. Either way all my powder charges get checked three times. Twice by scales and once with a visual, in the loading block, after I have charged a batch before seating bullets. I do what I do for safety, not speed, cause as the old saying goes "SPEED KILLS!" And I encourage all to not find out the hard way. Yet again, I can steadily charge cases accurately every 10 seconds. And once I upgrade the digital scale to a Creedmoor Sports TRX-925 Precision Reloading Scale I will not have to worry about the digital scale drifting which will for sure keep things rolling right along.

[@yukon4545]

I never put my powder device away until the bullets are seated.

[@larryd1296]

You're not using CBTO length for bullet seating?? For precision loading? WOW

[@WendellBlanton]

The goal was to fire form the brass and get a baseline to start from. I used a load that has worked well in other 308s to start. Next up we are going to prep the brass and do a ladder test around the that powder charge. After we zero in good powder charge then we are going to start working on bullet seating depth.