teletiger7 Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Hello everybody first post here. Newbie at reloading so please bear with me if some of it sounds dumb. Do you work up a load for your pistol that goes for accuracy? Or do you work up a load for more controllability/recoil? or Both? Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral404 Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 For my guns with Nowlin, Kart barrels there is no difference between the two. If I was shooting 50 yards targets all the time, I might need a hotter load. But I run a power factor around 170 almost all the time. This works for the 5 - 50 yard shots. The only reason it does not produce one ragged hole at 25 v. 15 yards is me, not the load. I did experiment with a minor power factor for a few months because I was working on an issue. The lower PF allowed me to focus on the issue. I use VV320 powder so other powders may be different. I get the control and accuracy I want with this powder. It is not the cheapest. Maybe there are better powders, but VV320 works for 9/40/45 and it burns pretty clean for me. I would say, if you have to compromise one for the other (Accuracy v Recoil) - change powders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 With any powder out there you can probably work up a load that will do both OK. If I understand your question my answer is for me Accuracy before control(recoil) When I shoot under a timer I don't notice a whole lot of difference in recoil unless it is very high or way low. But I was having trouble scoring as well as I thought I should have and FINALLY sandbagged my pistol and found my load was barely printing an 8" group at 25 yards. I am now working on my load with my main priority being to tighten the group way up. You can change accuracy sometimes by just shortening or lengthening OAL by a small amount without changing powder charge. Are you shooting USPSA? Just casual shooting? It makes alot of difference. Search the reloading threads here and your questions will be answered. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Smith Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Do you work up a load for your pistol that goes for accuracy? Or do you work up a load for more controllability/recoil? or Both? Different loads for different purposes. IPSC vs Steel vs Bianchi vs Bullseye vs Whatever. My assumption for IPSC/USPSA, has been to find a good PF load first. Once I have that, start to worry about reducing the spread on the FPS readings. For me, accuracy is fairly low on my agenda because I don't have the kind of control yet where I'm going to see a big difference between loads that shoot 2" vs 6" groups off the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teletiger7 Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 Thanks for the replies so far. This would be for IPSC/USPSA. From what you all have been writing I will see if i can find an accuracy node that is also low recoil and cycles reliably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boz1911 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 I work up a reliable feeding load first, PF second, consistency third, and accuracy last. At least that's what I need for USPSA style shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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