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subsonic
10-28-2011, 09:09 PM
All of the BS was worth it. It shoots like a laser with 2 loads I tried and obviously has power to spare for any huntin I might do.

I'll post pics of the groups later, but the two loads were as follows:

400gr LEE cast of WDWW with LBT Blue soft sized .476" over 26gr of H110 sparked with CCI 350 primers in Hornady brass loaded with Hornady dies.

And

44man's 420gr he sent me with Felix lube over 26gr of 296 with a Federal 155 primer.

Range conditions weren't perfect, and my target a bare paperplat to center the Ultradot on.

I pulled one shot on both groups, but the other 4 shots were very close together. The Best 4 from the Lee measured .9" and best 4 of 44man's measured 1.1", so all things considered I'd call it a tie at this point and definitely worthy of further experimentation!

Thank you for everything Jim!

And eventhough at times I thought MR couldn't hit their a$$ with both hands, they can apparently build one heck of a revolver (eventually)!

Oh, and NO leading AT ALL! With both loads.

subsonic
10-29-2011, 07:27 AM
Here are the groups. Lee on left, 44man boolits on right.

44man
10-29-2011, 08:57 AM
Looks great! :bigsmyl2:
Easy to pull a shot with the big thumpers, ignore those. [smilie=l:
I have 2 good targets left that let me center the dot. My friend was supposed to get me more copies but forgets all the time. I will have to make something. I found a large washer that I can draw around with a marking pen.

subsonic
10-29-2011, 10:00 AM
What size circle do you use? At 50yd? 100?

subsonic
10-29-2011, 10:01 AM
Forgot to add, both groups above were fired @ 50yds.

jwp475
10-29-2011, 10:41 AM
LBT Blue is an excellent lube IME

44man
10-29-2011, 10:56 AM
What size circle do you use? At 50yd? 100?
I use a 2" white circle at 50 with a black surround. At 100 I like a pop can! :bigsmyl2: The longer the distance, the harder it is to find a paper target that works. I think a 3 dimension target is better at range.

Ed K
10-29-2011, 02:05 PM
Great news :drinks:

Frank
10-29-2011, 03:14 PM
Brings back memories. Here's 44man's bullets back on 6/09 with eerily a similar kind of group.

http://www.castboolits.gunloads.com/picture.php?albumid=123&pictureid=4441

A few months earlier was a store bought LBT 420 WFN. Note the lower charge.

http://www.castboolits.gunloads.com/picture.php?albumid=123&pictureid=4442