leadman
06-08-2011, 07:46 PM
I traded into a Remingtom 1903 rifle a couple years ago. It shot o.k., but never great. The stock was still military but heavily sanded. Even the hump by the rear sight was sanded off the handguard.
A friend had given me a scant stock that needed to have some small repairs done and refinished. I purchased a nos handguard from Dupage Trading. I installed the stock and handguard last week and decided to load some ammo and take it to the range for testing.
I did the testing this morning. Lyman 311041, 2400 powder, Wolf Primers.
first load was 19 grs, no filler. At 50 yards the first shot went high, the other 4 cut a cloverleaf! 20 grs was almost as good. As the charge weight went up the groups opened, but still were decent.
I think the "new" stock had a positive effect on the old girl! It was up for sale, but I thnk I will hang on to her for awhile longer.
finally checked the targets today andhere is what it did. full military, no scope, 59 year old eyes with barrel peep up.
See I wrote the wrong shot count on the target. There are 4 shots thru the bottom group. I as loading 4 cartridges for testing previously but went too 5 cartridges this week. I think I get a better representation of what the load will do, and they fit in my box.
A friend had given me a scant stock that needed to have some small repairs done and refinished. I purchased a nos handguard from Dupage Trading. I installed the stock and handguard last week and decided to load some ammo and take it to the range for testing.
I did the testing this morning. Lyman 311041, 2400 powder, Wolf Primers.
first load was 19 grs, no filler. At 50 yards the first shot went high, the other 4 cut a cloverleaf! 20 grs was almost as good. As the charge weight went up the groups opened, but still were decent.
I think the "new" stock had a positive effect on the old girl! It was up for sale, but I thnk I will hang on to her for awhile longer.
finally checked the targets today andhere is what it did. full military, no scope, 59 year old eyes with barrel peep up.
See I wrote the wrong shot count on the target. There are 4 shots thru the bottom group. I as loading 4 cartridges for testing previously but went too 5 cartridges this week. I think I get a better representation of what the load will do, and they fit in my box.