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Monkeyleg · February 10, 2000, 06:15 PM

I've been experimenting with different loads for my .45 ACP (bullets, powder, charges) and getting different results off sandbag rests.
I'm also trying to shoot well offhand after not doing so for many years. A friend who's an _excellent_ offhand shooter said not to worry about fine-tuning loads for pistols. That's for rifles, he said. Now I figure if I can shoot a group offhand that's almost as good as my sandbag group, I'm doing well, and I should thus try to tweak the sandbag loads.
Who's right?

Dick

February 10, 2000, 06:15 PM	#1
Monkeyleg Senior Member Join Date: January 25, 2000 Posts: 4,625	I've been experimenting with different loads for my .45 ACP (bullets, powder, charges) and getting different results off sandbag rests. I'm also trying to shoot well offhand after not doing so for many years. A friend who's an _excellent_ offhand shooter said not to worry about fine-tuning loads for pistols. That's for rifles, he said. Now I figure if I can shoot a group offhand that's almost as good as my sandbag group, I'm doing well, and I should thus try to tweak the sandbag loads. Who's right? Dick