I did my first series of ladder tests today. This is my 223 at 300 yds. I am thinking about 1-3 is hard to beat. What are your thoughts?
Ryan
Ryan
Range Report R700 223 52gr SMK Ladder tests. Help?
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I'm a little confused how you did your test. Did you use only one shot for a particular load? More details please?
I did one shot each at .3 gr charge increments at 300 yds. The test is supposed to determine the harmonic sweet spot of the gun. There is a write up on it in the reloading sticky step 4 i think.
Ryan
Ryan
Not ladder test but some interesting info on the 52 gn SMKs.
The Army used a Mann devise to test their ammo. For 5.56 its a heavy barrel (the one I got from the CMP is a KART) on a Remington 700 action. To test the devise they use 52 SMK's in Remington cases, pushed by 25 grns of 3031 and get groups between .18 - .20.
I tried that load in my Mann devise and it does seem to work.
The Army used a Mann devise to test their ammo. For 5.56 its a heavy barrel (the one I got from the CMP is a KART) on a Remington 700 action. To test the devise they use 52 SMK's in Remington cases, pushed by 25 grns of 3031 and get groups between .18 - .20.
I tried that load in my Mann devise and it does seem to work.
Yep, sorry. I'm the tard here. I did quite a bit of reading on ladder testing after I posted on this thread.
Your theory looks sound from what I've read. Are you going to try the same ladder again to verify your results?
Your theory looks sound from what I've read. Are you going to try the same ladder again to verify your results?
No. My next step is 5 shot groups with the specified loads stareing in the middle. I dont know if its right or not but hell. Whats the worst? I have to shoot more?
Ryan
Ryan
