I just got my m700 300 WM back from the smith,action trued,rock creek barrel installed with custom brake and tubbs recoil lug. I then pillar bedded the action from lug back(wood stock)and mounted 5.5-22x50 NXS on seekins 20MOA base(bedded that to) and rings. Also cleaned the barrel before i went out.
I loaded about 10 rounds of 200gn nosler spitzers at the lowest powder charge, jammed .010 in the lands to get me sighted in at 300 yards
Then i loaded the bullets for the ladder test in 1 gr increments from lowest charge up to 2gn over max. I started shooting these at paper(300 yards). i got threw 10 of the 14 rounds and quit because they were all in about a 6" vertical by 8" horizontal group,some of the hotter loads were hitting lower than the shots before them it makes no scene to me.
Was ten rounds enough to foul the barrel? Should i shoot more before trying the ladder test
I have read some say 300 yards is far enough some say 1000yard?
If someone can help i would appreciate it. thanks
I loaded about 10 rounds of 200gn nosler spitzers at the lowest powder charge, jammed .010 in the lands to get me sighted in at 300 yards
Then i loaded the bullets for the ladder test in 1 gr increments from lowest charge up to 2gn over max. I started shooting these at paper(300 yards). i got threw 10 of the 14 rounds and quit because they were all in about a 6" vertical by 8" horizontal group,some of the hotter loads were hitting lower than the shots before them it makes no scene to me.
Was ten rounds enough to foul the barrel? Should i shoot more before trying the ladder test
I have read some say 300 yards is far enough some say 1000yard?
If someone can help i would appreciate it. thanks