meece
03-09-2014, 05:02 PM
Hi all, after weeks and weeks of reading up on you guys and absorbing as much info as i could I think we are getting there.
We have been working on a subsonic close range bush loads for Goats with MOG (Minute of Goat) accuracy at 50yrds which is our normal hunting distance in our heavy bush, Using Lee 160gr cast boolits typically weighing in at 167 gr
loaded up some of our precious brass 7.62x39 this stuff is harder to find than unobtanuim here in New Zealand.
99086
167gr cast from the 106 gr TL Lee double pour mold using recycled Telecom lead telephone cable with a small amount of tin/lead solder wipe added for hardness and sized to .311, we are typically seeing 167 and 168 gr from our pours and we tried a new coating with oven treated acyclic lacquer automotive paint in blue to reduce leading and also so we know they are subsonic loads.
These have been loaded with 6.5gr of trailboss powder with a very small amount of dacron filler added, the filler is not really needed however I had it so added it.
took them out to a farm we do pest control on and tried them out at our target distance of 50 yrds, heres how it went
99087
as you can see the poa is a little low however my scope was zeroed in for 125gr Barnell Hunting ammo @ 50 yrds, and was looking for groupings more than anything, the 6.5gr loved the SKS with better than hoped for groupings (remember was just after Minute of Goat :) ) What was interesting was my sons JW103 really didn't like the 6.5gr and was all over the place however the 6.0gr started to group better. Im going to stick with 6.5gr filled 167gr boolits for the SKS and Tim is going to try some 200gr boolits and see if they group better in his JW103.
the upside is Ive found a consistently "goat" accurate load for the SKS, the experimental coating worked perfectly with no signs of leading or paint fowling even after putting 50 odd rounds though it, the down side is it wont cycle, although thats not a major problem for me as it's very easy to use it as a bolt action AND i don't have to spend 4 hours and a half day tramp to the next dimension to find my brass, my SKS's all time record for flinging cases is 22 meters!
the rest of the ammo we burned off shooting a 4 inch square steel target, hit after hit after hit ...
We have been working on a subsonic close range bush loads for Goats with MOG (Minute of Goat) accuracy at 50yrds which is our normal hunting distance in our heavy bush, Using Lee 160gr cast boolits typically weighing in at 167 gr
loaded up some of our precious brass 7.62x39 this stuff is harder to find than unobtanuim here in New Zealand.
99086
167gr cast from the 106 gr TL Lee double pour mold using recycled Telecom lead telephone cable with a small amount of tin/lead solder wipe added for hardness and sized to .311, we are typically seeing 167 and 168 gr from our pours and we tried a new coating with oven treated acyclic lacquer automotive paint in blue to reduce leading and also so we know they are subsonic loads.
These have been loaded with 6.5gr of trailboss powder with a very small amount of dacron filler added, the filler is not really needed however I had it so added it.
took them out to a farm we do pest control on and tried them out at our target distance of 50 yrds, heres how it went
99087
as you can see the poa is a little low however my scope was zeroed in for 125gr Barnell Hunting ammo @ 50 yrds, and was looking for groupings more than anything, the 6.5gr loved the SKS with better than hoped for groupings (remember was just after Minute of Goat :) ) What was interesting was my sons JW103 really didn't like the 6.5gr and was all over the place however the 6.0gr started to group better. Im going to stick with 6.5gr filled 167gr boolits for the SKS and Tim is going to try some 200gr boolits and see if they group better in his JW103.
the upside is Ive found a consistently "goat" accurate load for the SKS, the experimental coating worked perfectly with no signs of leading or paint fowling even after putting 50 odd rounds though it, the down side is it wont cycle, although thats not a major problem for me as it's very easy to use it as a bolt action AND i don't have to spend 4 hours and a half day tramp to the next dimension to find my brass, my SKS's all time record for flinging cases is 22 meters!
the rest of the ammo we burned off shooting a 4 inch square steel target, hit after hit after hit ...