lar45
10-22-2005, 02:42 AM
Hi all, I tried shooting some of the BD45 230's in my blackhawk a few months back and couldn't get them to hit anything. I was headed out to the range the other day testing WC852 in the 06 and found a box of loaded BD45s with smaller powder charges that I didn't even shoot because the others were soooo bad. I took them along to just go bang.
After shooting everything else, I sat down with the smaller powder charges. I was useing Red Dot, sized to .453" lube with 50-50. I could keep most of the shots on the paper at 50 yds, starting with 6gns working up to 9gns. At 8gns, the velocity hit 1000fps and it looked like it wanted to group at 9gns, the groups opened way up, so it looks like maybe trying 1/2 gn increments around 8 might produce something good.
http://www.lsstuff.com/pics/misc/bd45target-01.jpg
That's 10 rounds at 50 yds open sights off the bench, 4 5/8" Blackhawk. The others hit just above the paper.
After shooting everything else, I sat down with the smaller powder charges. I was useing Red Dot, sized to .453" lube with 50-50. I could keep most of the shots on the paper at 50 yds, starting with 6gns working up to 9gns. At 8gns, the velocity hit 1000fps and it looked like it wanted to group at 9gns, the groups opened way up, so it looks like maybe trying 1/2 gn increments around 8 might produce something good.
http://www.lsstuff.com/pics/misc/bd45target-01.jpg
That's 10 rounds at 50 yds open sights off the bench, 4 5/8" Blackhawk. The others hit just above the paper.