klausg
05-31-2006, 11:18 AM
Hey Gang-
I finally couldn't wait any longer to try some of my bullets, I'd really like to give you reports of astounding accuracy, but all I can say is that I definitely achieved "minute-of-the ubiquitous feral beer can". The actual acid test at a real range will be this weekend, but I couldn't wait so I headed out one of the many back roads in AK & proceeded to blast away @ various targets of opportunity that the slobs had left all over, (and yes I did police all of them up @ the conclusion). The weapon was my S&W 586, load was a 358477,(straight WW, water-quenched) backed by 5 gr of Win 473AA, with CCI 500's. Range varied from 10-20 yards, and accuracy was very acceptable, proof will be when I actually shoot them on paper. All in all it was a very pleasurable experience.
Now comes the cleaning; absolutely no lead in the bore. Not that I really expected to find any at those modest velocities, but still it is very nice not to need a hammer to force the first patch down the tube;-) . The weird thing was that one of the chambers in the cylinder, (and just one), developed a nice 'ring' of lead on the face of the cylinder. Now, I have been remiss and have not slugged anything I own yet, so I really don't have enough data to give you as to possible causes. I can tell you that I sized all of my boolits to .358, (using a Lee), pan lubed w/either SAECO Gold or Thompson's Blue Angel. so my questions are these:
a) Do I have a problem? Is this indicative of something not nice that I should be concerned over?
b) I tend to think that the chamber throat on that hole must be either tighter or looser than the rest; am I on the right track?
Thanks in advance, take care
_SSG Klaus
I finally couldn't wait any longer to try some of my bullets, I'd really like to give you reports of astounding accuracy, but all I can say is that I definitely achieved "minute-of-the ubiquitous feral beer can". The actual acid test at a real range will be this weekend, but I couldn't wait so I headed out one of the many back roads in AK & proceeded to blast away @ various targets of opportunity that the slobs had left all over, (and yes I did police all of them up @ the conclusion). The weapon was my S&W 586, load was a 358477,(straight WW, water-quenched) backed by 5 gr of Win 473AA, with CCI 500's. Range varied from 10-20 yards, and accuracy was very acceptable, proof will be when I actually shoot them on paper. All in all it was a very pleasurable experience.
Now comes the cleaning; absolutely no lead in the bore. Not that I really expected to find any at those modest velocities, but still it is very nice not to need a hammer to force the first patch down the tube;-) . The weird thing was that one of the chambers in the cylinder, (and just one), developed a nice 'ring' of lead on the face of the cylinder. Now, I have been remiss and have not slugged anything I own yet, so I really don't have enough data to give you as to possible causes. I can tell you that I sized all of my boolits to .358, (using a Lee), pan lubed w/either SAECO Gold or Thompson's Blue Angel. so my questions are these:
a) Do I have a problem? Is this indicative of something not nice that I should be concerned over?
b) I tend to think that the chamber throat on that hole must be either tighter or looser than the rest; am I on the right track?
Thanks in advance, take care
_SSG Klaus