[6pt-Sika]

By no means was I ever a regular benchrest competitor . But I have shot more then most folks from the bench in the bags with custom rifles factory rifles and a good many things in between . Shooting both cast and jacketed bullets .

Each year I spend a great deal of time casting for a herd of 444 lever actions and have gotten plenty 3 shot groups at 100 yards in the 1/2" range . And I do not weigh segregate my bullets . I only look for external flaws .

Now granted as the other fellow says it certainly cannot hurt to weight segregate them .

But it's like anything else if the person in question truely "believes" it will help in their mind it does . If a person loathes the idea or doesn't really by it they are wasting their time .

Over the years I've read on variouse forums about folks just starting to learn the entire rifle reloading process and they expect to be able to make loads comparable to what the seasoned BR competitor does after lets say 20 years experience . In a situation like that the person is setting themselves up to FAIL . Just about every facet of reloading be it rifle bullets or shotgun shells has a learning curve .

When a newcomer asks me questions I tell them to just try and make the gun go BANG the first time and work themselves up in increments .

When I myself first started I shot with a bunch of old timers and I thought I should be able to equal them right off the bat and it ain't so Joe !
I also got frustrated pretty damn quick until I stepped back and lessened what I wanted to attain each trip .

So if a person feels weighing case , bullets etc and segregating by weight is a help then by all means do it .But if you don't really see it then don't do it . I mean a real IBRA shooter is worried about 1/100ths of an inch . A fellow with an 8 gauge shooting punkin balls is more worried about 1/4 Minute Angle of Deer !