I know, I know another load development question...Saterlee test

[jelenko]

Phew!
Thanks

 

[gman47564]

if you have no faith in something it will never work... if you dont believe it will work it wont work... if you dont understand something it wont work.... cant never did anything...if your brass prep doesnt get your es at 10fps or less in 5 shots with your best load its not going to workbut if you get your brass where you can load and keep sd and es down low the satterly method will work.... that flat spot in them numbers shows the same thing as the ocw test does with 2 or 3 powder charges impacting in the same place... makes me no difference how someone goes about doing load development as long as it gets them the results their looking for... but i wouldnt dismiss the satterly method... it works just fine for some of us... or being a newbie i get pretty lucky...

 

[Old Tanker]

Because 38.6 isn't the middle of that node.

I had fat fingers, I meant 38.6, good catch. If not 38.6, then 38.4/38.5? Seems that two charges in that range produced the same velocity. Asking, because. I’m getting ready to do a ladder test with 68gr Hornady in my .223 Rem 700.

 

[Nightraider]

I had fat fingers, I meant 38.6, good catch. If not 38.6, then 38.4/38.5? Seems that two charges in that range produced the same velocity. Asking, because. I’m getting ready to do a ladder test with 68gr Hornady in my .223 Rem 700.

38.4 will probably put you in the middle of that node, that gives you .1+/- error rate.

 

[Dave Zander]

The last podcast Satterlee said he does a seating depth test first at the same charge weight.
See what shoots best, then do the charge weight at the seating that shot best.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

The last podcast Satterlee said he does a seating depth test first at the same charge weight.
See what shoots best, then do the charge weight at the seating that shot best.

That sounds like it would work a lot better. How does he do his seating depth test?

 

[Doom]

The last podcast Satterlee said he does a seating depth test first at the same charge weight.
See what shoots best, then do the charge weight at the seating that shot best.

Do you know what podcast that was?

 

[Old Tanker]

38.4 will probably put you in the middle of that node, that gives you .1+/- error rate.

Thanks.

 

[gman47564]

38.6 or 38.7 is where its at ... from a rookies perspective..

 

[dthomas]

In the 6.5 guys video about the satterlee load development they mention that he normally gets single digit es's and is using custom guns that will shoot just about any load to atleast .5 moa

 

[Nightraider]

No prior load development, within 20rds found a node, proofed the node, ran seating depth test, found this node at .077 off the lands.
223R
4895
FGGM AR
LC case

 

[Dave Zander]

Do you know what podcast that was?

Yes The Modern day sniper , episode # 14. he says to determine bullet jump first, shooting groups of 5 at various jumps, like .030",.060", .090",.120" something like that, its stated in the Berger manual, see how the groups look , pick the group that has like a triangle or like 5 holes like on a 5 spot dice. use that jump, then test charge weights with that jump.