TCLouis
11-26-2007, 09:15 PM
I don't remember who ran this mold, but I had cast maybe 50 way back when, lubed them with 50/50 when I got the mold and set it aside. Well, yesterday was the first time I shot any and they did real well so I ran a little over 23 pounds of them and that mold ran beautifully the whole session. These will be lubed with FWFWL. Now a bunch of FWFWL and a dollar or two worth of gas checks and I will be shooting 8 MM for a while.
Oh, 18.5 milsurp 4759 was somewhat of a group, 19.5 was good, 20.5 and 21.5 got better and 22.5 was all over the target . . . . this load could have gone south because case, boolit, gun and shooter were soaking wet. Since my range is not covered and it started raining on the 20.5 load and 22.5 grain load, peep sight, and shooter were soaking wet 3 loads later.
Wet booilt affecting load, or just past its point of grouping? It will be 3 weeks before I get to test and find out. In the mean time, 21.5 load will sit here waiting for Mr. PIG to come up under the bird feeder!
Oh, 18.5 milsurp 4759 was somewhat of a group, 19.5 was good, 20.5 and 21.5 got better and 22.5 was all over the target . . . . this load could have gone south because case, boolit, gun and shooter were soaking wet. Since my range is not covered and it started raining on the 20.5 load and 22.5 grain load, peep sight, and shooter were soaking wet 3 loads later.
Wet booilt affecting load, or just past its point of grouping? It will be 3 weeks before I get to test and find out. In the mean time, 21.5 load will sit here waiting for Mr. PIG to come up under the bird feeder!