Hubertus
03-22-2013, 09:00 AM
Finally I got around trying some loads I made over a year ago.
After purchasing a Winchester 94 in .375 Win I bought 2 molds.
One from Ranch Dog and the other form Accurate.
Both of them have different cavities for PB, GC and PP.
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz157/Hubertus_album/win%20BB/P1190256.jpg
My first casting session was with the Accurate because I wanted to try the brass mold.
It worked fine.
Here is the result:
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz157/Hubertus_album/win%20BB/IMG00610-20120313-1547.jpg
The specs can be found on the Accurate Molds page (37-300P, 38-310A, 38-310B).
For the test loads IMR3031 and the 38-310A plain base boolit (left) was used.
Distance 100m, benched, sandbags.
It took a couple of shots to find the target since the 310 grainer has a different point of impact then the factory ammo, of course. After getting the 12 o'clock one I determined the hold and moved on with 5 more shots.
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz157/Hubertus_album/win%20BB/IMG01027-20130314-1436_zpsa6d9a760.jpg
I was quite happy with the result. As you can read in the right part of the pic the horizontal spread (B) of the group is 64 mm that is about 2.5 inches.
The downturn was that the boolits engraved on loading – next time I will have to change the load and seat them a bit deeper to prevent stuck boolits when out hunting.
What do you say?
Hubertus
After purchasing a Winchester 94 in .375 Win I bought 2 molds.
One from Ranch Dog and the other form Accurate.
Both of them have different cavities for PB, GC and PP.
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz157/Hubertus_album/win%20BB/P1190256.jpg
My first casting session was with the Accurate because I wanted to try the brass mold.
It worked fine.
Here is the result:
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz157/Hubertus_album/win%20BB/IMG00610-20120313-1547.jpg
The specs can be found on the Accurate Molds page (37-300P, 38-310A, 38-310B).
For the test loads IMR3031 and the 38-310A plain base boolit (left) was used.
Distance 100m, benched, sandbags.
It took a couple of shots to find the target since the 310 grainer has a different point of impact then the factory ammo, of course. After getting the 12 o'clock one I determined the hold and moved on with 5 more shots.
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz157/Hubertus_album/win%20BB/IMG01027-20130314-1436_zpsa6d9a760.jpg
I was quite happy with the result. As you can read in the right part of the pic the horizontal spread (B) of the group is 64 mm that is about 2.5 inches.
The downturn was that the boolits engraved on loading – next time I will have to change the load and seat them a bit deeper to prevent stuck boolits when out hunting.
What do you say?
Hubertus