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Old December 7, 2014, 12:21 PM   #1
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Back from the range--part2

OK--as you know I've had my share of trials and tribulations--things improved somewhat this morning.

Yesterday my LGS magically became stocked with gobs of BP stuff which he did not have last week. Despite being vastly over-priced--I scored some new powder and some sabbots to try out--up till now I've been firing powerbelts with very poor results.

Conditions were less than ideal--in the 20's with base winds of 17 gusting to 35 from about 4:00. However--this is close to what I often get while hunting in Maine, so why not.

First up were TC bonded core 250 shock-waves driven by 110 gr BV (by volume) of blackhorn 209. Had to spend a few rounds to get on paper first--but still a vast improvemnet over the powerbelts--getting a very acceptable 2.25" at 100yds--clearly besting the best I can do with a sabbot through a shotgun.

Next were 250 gr hornady SST's driven by three pellets of IMR white hots. They blew everything away that I had tried up until now--my very first shots without re-zero placed just above the TC group for a group just about 1".

The target has odd-looking key-hole like holes because it's very old target paper which had space between it and the backing cardboard (and it was flapping in the wind)--also there were some other holes in the back board so a couple of the holes (which I put my finger through ) are not really as big as they appear.

Unfortunately another weakness of the rifle became apparent--just laying the rifle on my shooting table, upon picking it up and scraping the barrel along a metal flat edge easily scraped off the bluing off the barrel--which really looks more like just very-thin black paint. Oh well, ya get what ya pay for as they say.

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Old December 8, 2014, 05:00 PM   #2
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Now thats a little more like it! Nice!

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Old December 8, 2014, 05:29 PM   #3
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Thanks for your help! ; )
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Old December 8, 2014, 07:49 PM   #4
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Anytime!

I'm just glad to see that you are getting things dialed where they need to be. A little tweaking of the scope, along with the white hots seem to be what your rifle likes. Go with it and put some venison in the freezer!

Go get'em,

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