RD 350GR 460 and Marlin 1895GS :) Target Pic

[JesterGrin_1]

I did some shooting on Sunday to find a load for Deer season which opens down here in South Texas Nov 1st. And yes I have a pic of the target lol. Not great but I feel good enough.

The load is the RD 350Gr GC with 52.OGr of H-322, Rem Case, Fed 210 primer and a distance of 100 yards. The one on the left of the target is me messing up. So I can not blame it on a flyer lol. But I did try powder charges from 50.0Gr through 54.0Gr of H-322. It shot the same group almost a mirror image of this one except the same place but on the left side of the target with 51.0Gr of H-322. It was weird lol. The holes even almost line up exactly lol. Except for my mess up shot on the left lol.

I plan on correcting the zero on Thursday and leave it 1 1/2 to 2 in high so it will be in the right zone out to about 130 yards.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/SHAKERATTLEROLL/IMAG0006.jpg

I would like to thank Ranch Dog for all the help as well as many members here on the forum. As these were pretty much my first CAST BOOLITS. :)

And I would like to thank LARS for the Xlox I purchased from him. Great people to deal with. :)

[txpete]

good shooting!!.I have been using AA5744 with the rd 350 it is also a very good powder in my LTD II marlin 45/70.
pete

[6pt-sika]

Very nice :drinks:

I have a 1895G sighted in with the RD 460-425GC loaded with XMP5744 !

And also have my 1978 vintage 1895 loaded with the RD 460-350GC and XMP5744 !

[6pt-sika]

About the XMP5744 , I have a bunch of rifles that I shoot this powder in !

25-36 Marlin

30-30 - about 6 of them ,

32-40

32 Special - 4 of them ,

33 WCF

356 WIN

375 WIN

38-55 - a pair ,

38-56 WCF

40-65 WCF

40-82 WCF

444 Marlin - no less then 7 of them ,

45-70 - three of these !



As far as cast bullets are concerned in "normal" lever action cartridges XMP5744 hes become my number 1 powder hands down !
In the near future I think I'm gonna try it in the 35 REM and 450 Marlin .

[JesterGrin_1]

I did some shooting on Sunday to find a load for Deer season which opens down here in South Texas Nov 1st. And yes I have a pic of the target lol. Not great but I feel good enough.

The load is the RD 350Gr GC with 52.OGr of H-322, Rem Case, Fed 210 primer and a distance of 100 yards. The one on the left of the target is me messing up. So I can not blame it on a flyer lol. But I did try powder charges from 50.0Gr through 54.0Gr of H-322. It shot the same group almost a mirror image of this one except the same place but on the left side of the target with 51.0Gr of H-322. It was weird lol. The holes even almost line up exactly lol. Except for my mess up shot on the left lol.

I plan on correcting the zero on Thursday and leave it 1 1/2 to 2 in high so it will be in the right zone out to about 130 yards.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/SHAKERATTLEROLL/IMAG0006.jpg

I would like to thank Ranch Dog for all the help as well as many members here on the forum. As these were pretty much my first CAST BOOLITS. :)

And I would like to thank LARS for the Xlox I purchased from him. Great people to deal with. :)

6pt-sika I remember your XMP lol. And good talking to you about it. Ranch Dog (Michael) is the one that informed me of the H-322. He said that things are close between that and BenchMark. And well when I started I could find H-322 lol. And I felt with the amount of powder the 45-70 will use I only looked for the 8 pounder.

The good part is the RD350Gr GC shoots darn close to the J Word Hornady 350 J/Rn with 53.0Gr of H-322. I just wanted to shoot a BOOLIT I made instead of buying them. That way I do not have to worry if a shop has what I need. :)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/SHAKERATTLEROLL/Marlin45-70GS.jpg

Right now I only load for the .357Mag/.44Mag/Spec/ 45-70 THUMPER. Caution this load does THUMP A BIT lol. :)

Today I took the Marlin 1895GS 45-70 back out again today since I adjusted the sights cold at home. And thought I should go out just to make sure all is good. Glad I did lol. So here is a lessen kids lol. Do not assume.

Took only 5 shots. The bottom one then readjusted the site and then the second from the bottom and bingo I was there so I placed 3 shots. A Half inch group center to center is not bad in my book. But I could be wrong lol.

And yes I wanted it a bit high for 130 yard shots. I am not sure if I am correct in this so any thoughts would be great.

Load is the RD350GR GC with 52.OGr of H-322 ,Rem Case,Fed 210 Primer.

These were done at 100 yards not 50 Folks lol. :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/SHAKERATTLEROLL/IMAG0005.jpg