Some off-hand shooting with cast.

[WCF3030]

Just got back from a very hot off-hand shooting session.
My groups have shrunk some since the last time I shoot on paper and I can now consistanly blast 16 OZ water bottles hidden behind limbs and range trash.
Thats what I like about this load (165gr cast 8.2gr of Unique) is that if the critter is behind a limb or something you can plow right thru it and still not really damage the meat.

Also shot some .223 cal in a sabot out of the 30-30 with 30gr of IMR3031. I only loaded 5 but they were minute of milk jug. Boy did that make a mess!!![:p]
I'm working on a easier way to load these sabot. I had a hard time with it. But I've about 90 of them left and I still want to play with them.

Pic of offhand shooting at my self-imposed 35 yard small game distance.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/Trails650/PDR_0937.jpg

Off the bench they group like this. The bottom 4 or 5 were with the sight at the 6 o'clock hold the rest were with the sight covering the black dot.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/Trails650/PDR_0864.jpg

:drinks:

[Bucks Owin]

Here's a couple of handgun targets shot with homegrown cast boolits...

25 yds rested, ,10" 44 mag Ruger FT, RCBS 250K boolit...
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a356/BucksOwin/310L001.jpg

50' offhand, 6" S&W M19, Lyman 35863 148 gr WC. 4 cylinders full (3 rds missed postcard narrowly)
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a356/BucksOwin/7grs001.jpg
(Wish my offhand shooting was like this everyday! But alas, this was a kinda "lucky" group that comes along too infrequently... ;))

[David R]

"Off the bench they group like this. The bottom four or five were with the sight at the 6 o'clock hold the rest were with the sight covering the black dot.

Proof a 6:00 hold is better for bullseye type targets. :)

David

[WCF3030]

"Off the bench they group like this. The bottom four or five were with the sight at the 6 o'clock hold the rest were with the sight covering the black dot.

Proof a 6:00 hold is better for bullseye type targets. :)

David


With the .100 front post at that range it covered the dot. Once I settled in it was easy shooting even with the larger rear apeture.
I've 1 month and 10days and a wake up to the opening of small game.
I can't wait.:twisted:

[bmblong]

I don't have any pictures but I went out to the range yesterday and shot my first real groups with my own cast bullets. I got 2-3 inches at 50 yds with a Ruger Super Redhawk 44mag w/ a scope off of sandbags. The load is 9.0gr HS6 under a Lee 240gr semiwadcutter tumblelubed at about 900fps. I was happy with the results.

[D.Mack]

WCF3030 Those saboted 22's, did you just push them in by hand, or use your press or lubrisizer to seat the bullets in the sabots? I tried them once, and hand seated were 4 foot patterns at 50 yards, using my lubrisizer to seat them all the way made them into large groups. I actually never found a load my gun really liked, but then I only tried it in my SKS, so to be fair I should try them in a few other barrels. DM

[WCF3030]

WCF3030 Those saboted 22's, did you just push them in by hand, or use your press or lubrisizer to seat the bullets in the sabots? I tried them once, and hand seated were 4 foot patterns at 50 yards, using my lubrisizer to seat them all the way made them into large groups. I actually never found a load my gun really liked, but then I only tried it in my SKS, so to be fair I should try them in a few other barrels. DM


Try this link. It has good info for loading sabots

http://www.derbyfals.com/sabot_load_data.htm#.30-30%20Winchester