Today I continued trying various loads seeing which one I would finally choose as "the" one for my preferred load. I am not a scholar on ballastics, etc...and thus I am somewhat intriqued on how different loads pattern so dramtically different from others. Even more intriquing is how basically the same load specs are used but from different manufacturer's can be so drastically different.
Later today I plan to shoot several more rounds and compare the results. As per a previous post of mine on patterning my L.C. Smith Field Grade, I used #4's then and really liked the pattern. Today, I shot a load of #5's, and was not impressed at all, it was a much thinner pattern. I have a few other loads of #5's including some hand loads that were special made coming in at around 7000 psi with 1 1/4 oz's of Nickel plate #5 to try out.
Mainly I was just curious if many others have found vast differences in the pattern quality when switching between various manufactures and also by going up or down in size of shot. It was posted in my patterning thread, that #5's probably would pattern better, thus far, they don't come close to the pattern with the #4's, but I have several more to try. Your thoughts?
