MATCH ROUNDS LOADED BUT NOT SHOT

[PMA3]

This question pertains to loading for a 1000 yard match; not sure of the loading procedures for other disciplines and the amount of ammo needed per match.
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Most shooters are quite anal about neck tension (like me) and usually load 1 or 2 nights before a match. For a single match,you would load 20 rounds for your relay (10 sighters + 10 record rounds) and an additional 20 just in case you win your relay and get in the shoot off. You go to the match and shoot your relay (20 rounds) and don't get in the shoot off. The next match is not for 4 weeks. You load 20 new rounds for this match and have 20 loaded from the last match. What do you do with the 20 rounds you loaded a month ago to get the neck tension consistent with the new rounds being loaded a month later? Pulling the bullets and risking jacket damage is not an option...what options are left?

Thanks guys.

Paul From PA

 

[DougMH]

For me, it depends on how many rounds I have remaining. If there are enough for both sighters and record rounds, I will save and use them in a later match. If I'm shooting more than one string, I don't care as long as I shoot the old in one string and the new in another. It's usually a small sight adjustment between the two (at least for me). Age of the rounds doesn't matter much (to me) as long as they're stored properly between matches. I would never mix rounds from a match a month ago with rounds produced last night in the middle of a string for record. Again, not that it should make a big difference... just an anal thing.

If I don't have enough for sighters and record, I'll generally just put them in the barrel fouler box and use them even before I start my sighters.

With Berger bullets, it becomes a farily expensive proposition ($.50-$.70 bullets for foulers)... but what are you going to do?