Originally Posted by Z_Mac

In everyones experience with hand loads, what has the greatest impact on performance? Bullet weight, powder weight/ type?


Man that is a loaded question! Go to a reloading forum and you will hear a number of different theories about that subject.

I was writing a long and boring addition to this, with discussions of OBT and OCW and such, but really, in my experience the Optimal Charge Weight method of load development is what will give you best results the easiest, without a lot of fancy equipment. Read about it here:
http://optimalchargeweight.embarqspace.com/