Keith’s seating depth video

[K22]

My good friend Wilbur Harris, who had a dry sense of humor, once observed something to the effect that it is interesting how putting out a few wind flags will make the wind start to blow. When I read of someone shooting on a day with no wind, I want to ask them if they own and regularly use a set of wind flags, or a rifle capable of agging a quarter inch at 100 yards under favorable conditions. My point is that how much the wind matters depends on the standard that you are trying to shoot to. If you are sighting in your .30-06 for deer hunting season, where the anticipated distance is under 200 yards, it hardly matters at all. But this is a discussion on a site named Accurate Shooter, where practices that produce the highest level of accuracy, are often the topic.

I use orange ribbon tacked to the target stand and one at the bench when doing load development. Intermediate "flags" are not permitted at the ranges where I shoot. The one range is fairly shielded from wind via tree lines on both sides, the other is a nightmare of cross winds and mirage but has the significantly better benches.

Wind does matter in my experience, even for a the less precise discipline of varmint hunting where 1/2 moa (load / equipment capability) is my goal. So, I try my best the minimize the effects when developing a load. For practice sessions, shooting in the wind is an excellent learning experience since in the real world in the field, I almost never encounter a condition where there isn't some wind.

 

[bozo699]

I really don’t need a perfect day to test seating depth, just not horrible. I also need to know how the load will perform in real world conditions. I don’t require a huge sample size just enough to find the edges of the window, and confirm.
I use a couple flags at my range to note the conditions but for those that don’t and there are plenty of great shooters ( far beyond me ) that simply use a round robin firing sequence to nullify the conditions and determine a seating window without burning extra rounds.
Pull into Deep Creek during a Friday morning 1K tuning session and you won’t find a sea of flags , maybe one pin wheel up front and ribbons down range, but you will see eye opening results.

Jim

Yes I recognized the writing on the target you posted earlier I think lol
Wayne

 

[Old Navy]

Your water line is statistically irrelevant. ( /s )

What is the definition of waterline?

 

[LVLAaron]

What is the definition of waterline?

If you shoot 20 shots at long range, and they're all at the same elevation, we'd say it's a good waterline.

 

[Alex Wheeler]

In LR BR you have about .003" to be in for seating. So +/- .001 if you nail the middle. If you miss that, you will not win.

 

[Old Navy]

If you shoot 20 shots at long range, and they're all at the same elevation, we'd say it's a good waterline.

I thought maybe. Thanks

 

[memilanuk]

If you shoot 20 shots at long range, and they're all at the same elevation, we'd say it's a good waterline.

Or... you swapped the leads on your ShotMarker