Working up a load, Too Tall's way

[Too Tall]

A few years ago, I bought a Lee Hand Press, to work up loads for a rifle.

What I do is full length re-size them, trim them, prime them and put them in a box.
Then when I'm ready, to shoot, I drive up in the mountains, on a road that dead ends.
Then I drive to the end, and make sure nobody is in there, then I drive out 800-1000 yards. Then I load 1 of each weight powder charge, then I shoot 1 from the bottom charge, at 100 yards.
In between each shot, I load another at the weight I just shot.
Keeps the gun from getting to warm.
I do that all the way up, then I start over on the bottom.
Most of the time I can narrow it down to 5 different loads.
After I shoot 3 of each, at its own target, then I go look and see which group is best.
Then I load up a few 10's and down a few 10's, and see if that makes a difference.
After I find the charge weight, then I load 3 with the bullet seater screwed in 1/2 turn, and so on, to see if things tighten up, more.
After all that, I load 3, and shoot at 400 yards, to write down come ups.
Then I do the same at 600, 800, and 1000 yards.
Then back to the house and load up everything I got ready, with the new load.
Then when I get time I run a ballistic program and develop a drop chart, in MOA.
Then at every opportunity I get, I shoot to verify drop.

 

[DrMike]

Sounds as if it works well. The Lee hand press can be a real bargain, and you're using it precisely where it shines.

 

[Elkman]

This morning I will go out and load 5 rounds of 7mm STW, (I am cleaning the barrel today) and then drive to the range on my 4 wheeler and shoot a shot. Driving time 5 minutes. Today I am loading 160 grain TSX with a very healthy load of H-1000 in a Remington case. Last loading on that case brought .413 at 100 yards.
I have been having good luck with FULL LENGTH RESIZED Nosler brass with 76 grains of H-1000 behind a 175 gr. Partition. Most three shot groups averaging around .800. AOL on both loads is 3.640.
I have to retest neck sized only cases but last time, they did not do well, AOL may have been different. I have a pound of RL to also try but will wait until after hunting season for that.
Will also try the new (to me) 300 win mag, this week, hopefully. I have not mounted a scope as yet and need to adust the trigger prior to putting it back togeather. I finished the bedding prior to my camping trip to Idaho. My first elk hunt starts on the 1st.