Quote Originally Posted by Jafar View Post
Let me preface this by saying that I'm not a reloader, but I have studied it intensely and watched like a hawk people who are excellent at doing it. But consistency will always equal accuracy.

As far as runout, I have a buddy of mine who hunts worldwide and allowed a fellow to load big game rounds for him. He went to Montana and it took 6 rounds to kill an elk 500 yards out. This guy doesn't miss. The guide almost kicked his ass all the way down the mountain and my buddy was pissed and humiliated. There was runout in the loads and it led to the round gouging the lead rifling just outside the throat and ruining the barrel on the $5000 rifle, just from firing a handful of shots.
How does MUCH SOFTER copper and/or lead damage EXTREMELY HARD ORDNANCE GRADE STEEL? Something sounds odd here... people shoot heavily damaged pulls all the time... they suck past 100 yards accuracy wise but they don't damage anything.

Bullets self-center as the enter they rifling so it's no big deal (run out) except in the accuracy department. I'd like more info on barrel type, bullet type, and just how much run out we are talking about. For a bullet to have severe enough run out it can be detected easily by eye... he should have had his ass kicked down the mountain for not checking his ammo knowing a long shot was in the mix.

Mapper... many of the things you have listed there MAY help... but to a discernible degree, who knows... only way to tell is your own testing. We discussed this in the reloading class... for me some of the tasks did not result in marked improvement so for the time cost/benefit, I found it not worth the effort.