idahoron
02-10-2021, 03:25 PM
Lewis sent me some 416 gr paper patch bullets to try in my New Rifle here is a picture if you don't remember.
https://i.imgur.com/S68ByV4.jpg
I had a hardness of .060 on my dial, that is about 9.2 BHN that's kind of a guess. It was between 9 and 9.5 BHN. I filed off the nose to get a wider spot to test the hardness.
https://i.imgur.com/qmneept.jpg
I was set at 100 yards and I used the setting I determined from the last shoot with my 11mm rifle bullets. I had a wind that was gusting 5 to 8 MPH left to right, here that is west to east.
The first shot was a cold clean bore. It was the farthest to the right. The second was the center shot.
https://i.imgur.com/cRXRTQN.jpg
The third shot I was glad didn't affect the overall group but the wind was just what it was. The group size with the cold shot was 2.429"
https://i.imgur.com/qdmLzEs.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/0U9siwr.jpg
I was very pleased with the group. The wind is just the wind, I wish I could get a calm day.
After my last range test I figured out what my MOA of drop was on my 11mm bullets in my Hawken. I wrote those MOA drops in my range note book. So I decided to go straight to 200 yards over my cross sticks no bench.
I set the Lee Shavers Mid range sight for .29 and took a shot. I didn't hold any windage, the wind was not real bad at that time. I could hear the impact.
I reloaded and took the same shot. Again impact.
https://i.imgur.com/92lPbvj.jpg
I'm assuming that the second hit was the one with the lead still in the hole. The first one was the lower clean spot.
I was very pleased that the sight setting was spot on for elevation. The wind is just the wind.
Overall that bullet shot very well considering I just volume measured 80 gr of Pyrodex P and used a 50 cal over powder wad. I was very pleased that the cold bore shot was right there.
The bullets shot great. I will be testing them out farther next time.
https://i.imgur.com/S68ByV4.jpg
I had a hardness of .060 on my dial, that is about 9.2 BHN that's kind of a guess. It was between 9 and 9.5 BHN. I filed off the nose to get a wider spot to test the hardness.
https://i.imgur.com/qmneept.jpg
I was set at 100 yards and I used the setting I determined from the last shoot with my 11mm rifle bullets. I had a wind that was gusting 5 to 8 MPH left to right, here that is west to east.
The first shot was a cold clean bore. It was the farthest to the right. The second was the center shot.
https://i.imgur.com/cRXRTQN.jpg
The third shot I was glad didn't affect the overall group but the wind was just what it was. The group size with the cold shot was 2.429"
https://i.imgur.com/qdmLzEs.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/0U9siwr.jpg
I was very pleased with the group. The wind is just the wind, I wish I could get a calm day.
After my last range test I figured out what my MOA of drop was on my 11mm bullets in my Hawken. I wrote those MOA drops in my range note book. So I decided to go straight to 200 yards over my cross sticks no bench.
I set the Lee Shavers Mid range sight for .29 and took a shot. I didn't hold any windage, the wind was not real bad at that time. I could hear the impact.
I reloaded and took the same shot. Again impact.
https://i.imgur.com/92lPbvj.jpg
I'm assuming that the second hit was the one with the lead still in the hole. The first one was the lower clean spot.
I was very pleased that the sight setting was spot on for elevation. The wind is just the wind.
Overall that bullet shot very well considering I just volume measured 80 gr of Pyrodex P and used a 50 cal over powder wad. I was very pleased that the cold bore shot was right there.
The bullets shot great. I will be testing them out farther next time.