PacMan
05-27-2011, 05:04 PM
First off let me make sure that everyone understands that i am for the most part a virgin when it comes to hand guns. I have worn out one Colt Comander and working on the 2nd one now.All close range fast tactial shooting so that does not qualify me in the least way as a hanguner.
Everything that i have learned about shooting a revolver and cast bullets i have learned right here and still learning.
Got the 6" SS GP 100 on monday and luckly my .360 LBT 200gr GC FN dual lube groves witih a .35 nose mold showed up the same day.
Two things that i had to fix right off the bat was the hammer spur as it was very abrasive to my 60 year old thumb and the bottom right side of the trigger guard,i am right handed, that had a sharp edge that was playing the devil with my finger.A little work with a diamond stone and then a indian stone cured the problem.
The trigger is better than any of the 3 RBH's i have so that was a plus. It has a slight hitch that lets you know that any further and the hammer falls. Not great but not bad.
Sluged the barrel three times and each time came up with .357 and no signs of thread choke that i could tell. A real plus. Learned about that right here.
Not owning any pin gauges i checked the cylinder throats best i could using diffrent sized bullets. With my crude methods found out that the throats are basicaly .358 with two being closer to .3575 or slightly wider.
Sized bullets to .3577 which WDWW come out of my die at if i size within an hour or two and lubed with LBT Blue soft.
The goal was/is to find a good load for the 200gr bullet that did not beat me or the gun up and did not hurt the ears of a deaf mule. Spent 4 days and lots of lead,primers and power working with 2400 and did not come away happy. Early this morning i decided to try Lil Gun ( i know guys) but things went from dismal at best to this is good. Well it is better.I did find that one chamber as i had expected all along was throwing everythin wide somtimes low and somtimes high. Now those other 5 will deliver better accuracy than my old eyes and open sights can use.
That 6th chamber turns 1" to 1 1/2" 25 yard groups,one that had five you could cover with my thumb nail, into 3 and 4" groups. I loaded up 6 more and shot them all from the off chamber and they were everywhere.
Velocity is good at a 6 shot average of 1088. Still need to do more work but all in all i am happy with my 5 shot GP100.
Dwight
Everything that i have learned about shooting a revolver and cast bullets i have learned right here and still learning.
Got the 6" SS GP 100 on monday and luckly my .360 LBT 200gr GC FN dual lube groves witih a .35 nose mold showed up the same day.
Two things that i had to fix right off the bat was the hammer spur as it was very abrasive to my 60 year old thumb and the bottom right side of the trigger guard,i am right handed, that had a sharp edge that was playing the devil with my finger.A little work with a diamond stone and then a indian stone cured the problem.
The trigger is better than any of the 3 RBH's i have so that was a plus. It has a slight hitch that lets you know that any further and the hammer falls. Not great but not bad.
Sluged the barrel three times and each time came up with .357 and no signs of thread choke that i could tell. A real plus. Learned about that right here.
Not owning any pin gauges i checked the cylinder throats best i could using diffrent sized bullets. With my crude methods found out that the throats are basicaly .358 with two being closer to .3575 or slightly wider.
Sized bullets to .3577 which WDWW come out of my die at if i size within an hour or two and lubed with LBT Blue soft.
The goal was/is to find a good load for the 200gr bullet that did not beat me or the gun up and did not hurt the ears of a deaf mule. Spent 4 days and lots of lead,primers and power working with 2400 and did not come away happy. Early this morning i decided to try Lil Gun ( i know guys) but things went from dismal at best to this is good. Well it is better.I did find that one chamber as i had expected all along was throwing everythin wide somtimes low and somtimes high. Now those other 5 will deliver better accuracy than my old eyes and open sights can use.
That 6th chamber turns 1" to 1 1/2" 25 yard groups,one that had five you could cover with my thumb nail, into 3 and 4" groups. I loaded up 6 more and shot them all from the off chamber and they were everywhere.
Velocity is good at a 6 shot average of 1088. Still need to do more work but all in all i am happy with my 5 shot GP100.
Dwight