I’ve found Sciroccos to be a picky bullet in more than one rifle.
I’d resize the brass bumping the shoulder .002 and keep testing powder. A different lot might be slightly different but close enough to continue your load work. If sticking with the sciroccos you might even switch powders.
I’m not sure what all this means to be honest but if it’s not grouping well that’s probably not the best load for your chosen bullet.
What bullet? Any pictures of the target?
What brand of rifle and cartridge is it? Also that long loaded bullet might not even fit your magazine length.
I would load them either .050 off or if that won’t fit I would load them to magazine length minus .010 to ensure they feed well.
Also just because a load is compressed doesn’t mean it...
+1 p_ham! The ES does matter further out. Brass prep and load density does play into ES also. Neck tension is one of the big factors as well.
All that said I like 20 or under if I can find the node but I don’t stress to much on it.
It does matter. I was referring to if the OP adjusted his zero for the handload or the factory ammo and then which ammo did he shoot at 200/300. If he sighted in/zeroed with factory ammo but shot handloads at 200/300 it could explain a lot.
I wasn’t referring to POA. I was referring to his POI and if he adjusted his zero to hit his POA with his hand loaded ammo or just used his zero from when he was shooting factory ammo.
Have you checked trim length? Have you taken a fired case that’s sticky and colored it with a sharpie to see where the case is contacting?
If it’s fired 5X without annealing it’s probably work hardened also.
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