Over the years i loaded and shoot a lot of rounds.I do feel that hot weather is not a good time to try to find a good load for deer season?
A couple of reasons come to mind:1,The gun heats up and stays hot for too long,2,The powder performs differently in the upper temps {70 and up degrees].
In my ground hog or Br guns,the warm was fine,due to the fact that we hunt them in the summer or go to matches in the heat of the day!
Years ago,when i was a bit dumber then i am now,i would spend lots of time trying to find a real good and accurate deer hunting load,most of the summer?
By August i was happy with my gun and powder/bullet combo and would set it aside! In the beginning November i just had to go get some shooting time in and show off just how well my guns shot? It never missed,that most of the time,i would say 50 to 75% of the time,the guns would make a fool of me at the range?
Who believes everything they read? Well,once i got over my not realizing that they knew what they were writing about,such as Temp and powder reactions to it,things got better?
I blamed my guns,for the change in accuracy and would take them apart and do all kinds of things to them,like,Change scopes and mounts,check my bedding or re-bed them?
Now days,i believe in the powder and temp thing and things sure changed for the better!
What about you?
A couple of reasons come to mind:1,The gun heats up and stays hot for too long,2,The powder performs differently in the upper temps {70 and up degrees].
In my ground hog or Br guns,the warm was fine,due to the fact that we hunt them in the summer or go to matches in the heat of the day!
Years ago,when i was a bit dumber then i am now,i would spend lots of time trying to find a real good and accurate deer hunting load,most of the summer?
By August i was happy with my gun and powder/bullet combo and would set it aside! In the beginning November i just had to go get some shooting time in and show off just how well my guns shot? It never missed,that most of the time,i would say 50 to 75% of the time,the guns would make a fool of me at the range?
Who believes everything they read? Well,once i got over my not realizing that they knew what they were writing about,such as Temp and powder reactions to it,things got better?
I blamed my guns,for the change in accuracy and would take them apart and do all kinds of things to them,like,Change scopes and mounts,check my bedding or re-bed them?
Now days,i believe in the powder and temp thing and things sure changed for the better!
What about you?