TDB9901
02-08-2007, 04:36 PM
Another cold, windy crappy day off. Sun never seems to shine on my weekends anymore....... Got anxious to shoot something anyway so I took 5 of the .22 Bators I had cast as a test run last week with the new mold, and had dribbled with LLA, in wait for the arrival of gaschecks. ( ACWW + 1% tin)
I seated them, unsized & unchecked, into unsized .22 Hornet cases over 3.5 grains of Unique, and a CCI sp primer to where they just touched the rifling.
I then grabbed my Handi Rifle, a "Hot Pocket" box out of the trash, hit the blustery wind and freezing drizzle to the old tree in the back yard, backed off about 25 yards to the propane tank, leaned across it for a rest, and blazed away.
The results were satisfying. I'm going to try to post a picture, but perhaps with a better rest , and no wind blowing up my butt it could have been very good.
(Gotta work on the trigger on that Handi too)
Jist a quick experiment, nothing conclusive. But it shows potential.. even if for just a backyard rabbit plinker...........Worth the small bucks invested.....
I seated them, unsized & unchecked, into unsized .22 Hornet cases over 3.5 grains of Unique, and a CCI sp primer to where they just touched the rifling.
I then grabbed my Handi Rifle, a "Hot Pocket" box out of the trash, hit the blustery wind and freezing drizzle to the old tree in the back yard, backed off about 25 yards to the propane tank, leaned across it for a rest, and blazed away.
The results were satisfying. I'm going to try to post a picture, but perhaps with a better rest , and no wind blowing up my butt it could have been very good.
(Gotta work on the trigger on that Handi too)
Jist a quick experiment, nothing conclusive. But it shows potential.. even if for just a backyard rabbit plinker...........Worth the small bucks invested.....