[Hardegg]

I just deleted a long explination of why I did my test this way.
My real question is: New rifle 26" 1-10 twist Savage 10FP LE2B won't shoot the factory ammo for crap.

Went to range yesterday with my OCW test loads

180 Gr SMK's (because local store carries them)
Varget powder Starting at
42.8---2660 fps
43.1---2685 Fps
43.4--- 2700 fps
43.7 2725 Fps
44---2760 Fps

CCI 34 primers and LC brass

won't bore you with pics but basically the last 2 loads started showing signs of pressure.

Made enough of each load to do the same test at 100 and 300 yards with same charges.

Basically I started to hot for my tests. Only the first 2 loads held a group under
3 inches at 300 yards and showed no signs of pressure. And POI was vary similar between the 2

Question is would you go back from there and do OCW again? Starting from first load backwards?

Keep in mind I am fairly new to devolping accurate loads, This is the first time from the other 4 rifles I have done so that I started to high