savagedasher said:
Henryp said:
They work. I use one load and tune the barrel to the load.
+ 1
I have 3 different guns all shooting the same load.
One holds the club record at 300yds all 4 ends.
the other holds the record at 600yds 1.037
1000 yds my 11 year old won total 20 shot ag
All were with one load and the barrel tuned to the load. Larry
That is certainly true about tuners but with one caveat, IME. That being that the tuner can only get whatever the load and rifle are capable of, from it. In other words, it won't necessarily make it where you can simply throw any powder, charge, and bullet in and get it to shoot great...only as good as that load can shoot. There are exceptions to this and I've done it..but with a known good load for a given cartridge, such as 29.0 grains of n133 in a ppc.
But they won't fix a bad barrel, bad bullet, or make any tuned load that won't shoot well without a tuner, shoot. Like I said in my previous post though, a tuner will let you easily get the best that the load and rifle have in it, from it..and maintain it through both a wider tune window and the ability to adjust the tuner when needed.
In most every case, there is still load development to get to full accuracy potential. In fact, what I do is I work up a load like normal, but with the tuner on the barrel. I never touch the tuner until the gun and load are shooting good. From that point, I can stay with the same load and make any tune changes with just the tuner, as conditions change. It really is even simpler than it sounds in use.
If someone brings me a good rifle that has already been tuned to shoot well, I can teach a 5 year old to use a tuner to maintain peak tune in 30 minutes or less after installing the tuner.More like 10 minutes, really, in good conditions.