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Some like chocolate and some like vanilla...My approach is a lot like what OldPapps does. I start with 3 shot groups, beginning with something near minimum recommended charges and if I find something promising I'll go to 5 shot groups. I have a shooting bench and 100 yard range at the house, so it's pretty easy to work up loads. I'll shoot a bit with several loads, think about the results, and go back to the workshop to put together new loads until I find something I like. The barrel is cooling while I'm in the workshop. I've got time and I've got gunpowder, so I can fiddle around until I have what I want. Then, when I think I've found the load that's best, I'll load up enough to have some for the next day, and I'll shoot with an early morning somewhat fouled barrel and it being truly cold. That's as close as I can get to what I'll be doing in the deer blind. If I get what I want then, that's my new load.
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