Starting reloading - what to get next?

[Frequently Banned Troll]

Man I hope my shitty handloaded ammo shoots. Otherwise I have to get on YouTube to be sure. Sorry, the gram. mtmuley
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It’s only a commercial that would make you smile

 

[It’s Bucky]

What kind of SD’s and ES’s do you reloaders get?

Just curious. Picked up a chrono and I’m wondering how bad my factory ammo is in those 2 departments.

 

[brockel]

What kind of SD’s and ES’s do you reloaders get?

Just curious. Picked up a chrono and I’m wondering how bad my factory ammo is in those 2 departments.

How far do you plan to shoot?

 

[Sheltowee]

What kind of SD’s and ES’s do you reloaders get?

Just curious. Picked up a chrono and I’m wondering how bad my factory ammo is in those 2 departments.

I’m generally looking for an ES of less than 30fps and an SD under 10fps in my handloads using a 10-round sample. Not super common but attainable with some tinkering. A few examples:

338-06, 210 Barnes TTSX: ES 27, SD 6.2
338-06, 190 Hammer HHT: ES 19, SD 6.8
25-7 PRC, 127 Hammer HHT: ES 27, SD 7.5
25-7 PRC, 134 Hornady ELD-M: ES 24, SD 8.3
25-6.5 PRC, 127 Hammer HHT: ES 28, SD 9.2
25-6.5 PRC, 95 Hammer HHT: ES 32, SD 9.3
257 Ackley, 95 Hammer HHT: ES 23, SD 6.9

I would say I’m moderately anal when it comes to handloading procedure and might be able to knock those number down by another 10% if I weight sorted each projectile, turned necks for tension, etc.

Factory match ammo will likely be in the 50-75fps ES range and an SD between 15-20. I’ll be very interested to hear what you find, though.