I am wondering if anyone has experience loading the NorthFork Semi Spitzer and Flat Point Solids to the same point of aim.
I want to get 180gr bullets to impact to the same point in my 300 Win Mag.
Just wondering if the load needs to be adjusted +/- a grain or two on the powder charge. Just trying to save some range time if possible.
Thanks

Usually a gr or two change works, but so much depends on the barrel and stock, All you can do is give it a try...

I will load some up and see what happens. I only want the FPS loads for use on the Tiny Ten. I just received my order of both types of North Fork bullets from Reloading International.

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Originally posted by Firearmdoc:
I am wondering if anyone has experience loading the NorthFork Semi Spitzer and Flat Point Solids to the same point of aim.
I want to get 180gr bullets to impact to the same point in my 300 Win Mag.
Just wondering if the load needs to be adjusted +/- a grain or two on the powder charge. Just trying to save some range time if possible.
Thanks

In my experience some rifles do some rifles don't.

My 416 shoots several bullet weights to the same pit of aim.

I have a couple of others that shoot a couple different weights close enough.

Others no so much.

Load them shoot them and find out.

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Originally posted by p dog shooter:

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Originally posted by Firearmdoc:
I am wondering if anyone has experience loading the NorthFork Semi Spitzer and Flat Point Solids to the same point of aim.
I want to get 180gr bullets to impact to the same point in my 300 Win Mag.
Just wondering if the load needs to be adjusted +/- a grain or two on the powder charge. Just trying to save some range time if possible.
Thanks

In my experience some rifles do some rifles don't.

My 416 shoots several bullet weights to the same pit of aim.

I have a couple of others that shoot a couple different weights close enough.

Others no so much.

Load them shoot them and find out.

Exactly!

Shoot them and see.

No two rifles are alike!

just for reference -
if you have two bullets you want to shoot close together, there's 2 ways to adjust for vertical

1: if you are sighted in for load A, and load B is off, TRY sighting in for load B and see how load A does. This MIGHT shrink the difference

2: sight in for load A, then shoot load B (you should have this from 1 above) - If load B is BELOW (not grossly, like not 4") then back off LOAD B (B) 1-2 grains. If load B should ABOVE load A, then add a grain of two to load B (B)

yes, it's counter intuitive - and yet proven countless times with a chrono, as the faster load spends LESS time in the barrel under recoil, and if you imagine a side on horizontal image of the line of sight/point of aim vs the actual line from the tip of the bullet to the target, the barrel will raise LESS than a close but slower version of the same.

yes, grossly slower loads hit differently than i am saying, such as a 110gr 30cal going mach 16 vs a 220 grain at mach 8

but we are talking more or less the same bullet weight, going close to the same speed ---


left/right dispersion? i have no idea other than if it's small enough, split the difference


on terms of practicality - if one load would be intended for closer work, the difference is immaterial - if your softs shoot perfect, 1" groups, right into the bullseye at 100, but your solids hit 2" off at 100 .. try them at 25 -- the difference is irrelevant at 25

it's early, i could be wrong, and working on my first cup of coffee

Once the weather here in western NY starts to become a little more normal, I will load and shoot some to find out what happens.

I shoot the 250 grain SS as my primary load in my 35 Whelen. Bought some 250 gr cup points from them just to try, I may try to shoot a deer with one this Fall as an experiment. Have not loaded any yet to see where they impact.