Reloading - What about the components that DON'T work?

[SMK Shoe]

Had same thing happen to me last year. Worked up a great load shooting 77 grain .223 match bullets. Worked great in a fast twist Bolt gun. Didn't work as well in a 1-14 twist TC Encore 14" Barrel. ??? ??? ??? ??? ;D ;D ;D ;D

[efw]

I have a couple of things I do w/ leftover components.

First, stockpile. Nothing wrong with lots of variety of bullets & powder.

Second, trade. If I buy a rifle in a new bore diameter and am short on test fodder, I just go into the classifieds of a certain site and trade my stockpiled stuff off.

Third, blasting. The way I see it the best accuracy matters most at longer ranges and on live targets (lets face it... you 2 MOA is perfectly acceptable for kill shots on big game out to 250-300 yrds, but I digress) so I will load stuff I don't care that much about up and use it for field practice on reactive targets like steel & water-filled recyclables. That actually ends up being a lot more valuable than bench-shooting anyway, and I don't have to feel too terribly guilty blowing through lots of ammo... or about missing... crumby inaccurate loads MUST be to blame, don't you know... :)