hummerbk Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I've been reloading for 40 minor using 175 SWC lead, The group I'm getting is about 3 inches at 25 yards from sand bags. Shooting a glock 35. `Is this acceptable ? Should I keep experimenting until I get a better group? I'm shooting in IDPA. I quess I'm asking what a real typical group size should be at 25 yards with a G35 and an average shooter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowenbuilt Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Looks about right to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustygun Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I am somewhat of a beginner but I would be very satisfied with those results. Both in my reloads and my shooting ability. I am interested to see what the rest of the forum thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 GREAT!!! Keep it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9x45 Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 For action pistol competition, that's more than acceptable. But don't shoot from a rest, shoot freehand from a normal stance at your IDPA target. It's not Bullseye. Most IDPA targets are 3-12 yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bret Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I don't shoot IDPA, I shoot USPSA,I want to be able to hit the A Zone on a head shot at 18 yards. Sometimes on singers there is part of the target exposed behind a no shoot, if I can take the head shot, I want to know my ammo will do its job if I do mine. When I shot Bullseye, my guns would shoot 1.5" at 50 Yards, we sometimes take 35 and 50 yard shots in USPSA and 3 Gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksamwell Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 My load development process involves shooting 10 test rounds from a rest over my chrono at a fresh target. I save the targets and scan them into my load database so I can see the 10 shot group and compare the results of different loads. I've logged 285 different loads so far and many of them are not as good as the results you've achieved. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave33 Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 For a service type off the rack polymer gun, 3" at 25 yds is probably getting pretty close to the mechanical accuracy limits of the gun. You may be able to do a little better if you want to spend hours and hours of trying different bullet weights, powder's, etc etc, but that is plenty fine for IDPA Now if you were shooting bullseye that would be a different story as those guys are looking for half that at fifty yds but then again they are usually shooting purpose built guns with a lot of hand fitting and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hummerbk Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 Thanks for all the replies. I was wondering how much time I should spend on trying to improve on this. I'll stick with the load I've developed and work on my shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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