StarMetal
01-28-2006, 04:44 PM
Beautiful day here in Tennessee and I enjoyed it shooting. I had a bunch of testing to do. One was my 22 Hornet. You might remember from before it shot a tighter groups with Rem brass then Win brass using the same loads. Well I reduced the load for the Win brass by 1/2 gr and now it shoots the same as the Rem brass. The rifle is definately shooting consistant now. Now I have to work the group down with maybe powder changes.
I had the 1908 Brazilian carbine out with a bunch of loads using 4895, 860, and 5010. I was using my swaged UP Lyman 150 gr loverins. Most the loads were shooting okay, but not good enough..until I shot the 5010 loads which were last. IMR...you paying attention and reading this....pay close attention to the 5010 load. I loaded just five for the test. Well, viola, four shots went into a ragged hole about little less then 1/2 inch and had one flyer close by. The reason there's no post of the target is because the damn load shot high, in fact just barely touching the edge of the top of my targer paper. The majority of the hole is in my backstop board. Don't worry...I'm going to load more of that and get back out there. IMR...when I shoot 5010 in any of my rifles I extract the brass very very slowing so as not to get any unburned powder that may still be in the case into the guns action and plus I look at this to determine how well it had burned. I also tip the gun up with the muzzle down to see how much is in the bore. Well in the 7x57 I have I got half an unburned kernel from the case and none from the bore!!!! The load seems pretty fast to, but I din't chrono it. You can bet I will next time. Looks like I got something this carbine loves.
Joe
I had the 1908 Brazilian carbine out with a bunch of loads using 4895, 860, and 5010. I was using my swaged UP Lyman 150 gr loverins. Most the loads were shooting okay, but not good enough..until I shot the 5010 loads which were last. IMR...you paying attention and reading this....pay close attention to the 5010 load. I loaded just five for the test. Well, viola, four shots went into a ragged hole about little less then 1/2 inch and had one flyer close by. The reason there's no post of the target is because the damn load shot high, in fact just barely touching the edge of the top of my targer paper. The majority of the hole is in my backstop board. Don't worry...I'm going to load more of that and get back out there. IMR...when I shoot 5010 in any of my rifles I extract the brass very very slowing so as not to get any unburned powder that may still be in the case into the guns action and plus I look at this to determine how well it had burned. I also tip the gun up with the muzzle down to see how much is in the bore. Well in the 7x57 I have I got half an unburned kernel from the case and none from the bore!!!! The load seems pretty fast to, but I din't chrono it. You can bet I will next time. Looks like I got something this carbine loves.
Joe