I'm about to start playing with my 45/70 pedersoli sharps with the goal of making a 1 mile shot on a 24" square target. I've decided that, since the mold is so cheap, I'll try out the lee 459-500-3r. It is one of few molds with a published B.C
that I can plug into my calculator.
It seems that this projectile is somewhat controversial. Opinions and anecdotes vary from "It won't stablize past 300 yards" to "It works great for me out to 1000" and everything in between.
I've been watching Mag30th's videos, in which he tests this bullet for stability at 1500 yards. Wind got up to 60mph. All the recovered bullets appeared to have hit nose first. What's even more intriguing is the fact that he was firing them from a muzzleloader at subsonic velocity.
So, why all the variance in results? Being very much a left brain kind of guy, I would like to approach this scientifically.
I ask members here who have experience, good or bad, with this bullet at long range to post any data they have. What was your load proceedure, powder charge, what alloy did you use, what bullet lube, what muzzle velocity? What kind of accuracy did you get?
I want to see if I can find a common denominator among successes that is not present in the failed experiments. Any help is appreciated.