Jack Stanley
01-21-2010, 10:30 PM
I've been fooling with a fat 311291 bullet on my Mosin . Groups have been iffy to OK but nothing to write home about , just hunting accuracy at best .
I had some 314299 bullets already lubed and sized that I wanted to try but I was thinking if the nose on the other bullet was to small then this type wasn't going to be much better with all that snoot sticking out in front . Then , I got to wondering if I could upset the nose a bit just to help it center up in the barrel some .
I put a flat punch in the lubesizer and ran the bullet into the die so just a little was sticking out of the die when the press bottomed . I made a flat that measured about One hundred eighty thousanths across on several bullets and loaded five into cases to try .
Today after work I loaded the ammo into the magazine and went after the hundred yard target . The group was about one third less in size and was rather rounded . In the past the groups were not rounded but just all over . I only had one that slipped out of the group but I felt that as the rifle went off .... I still need to get after cleaning up the trigger a little . I made a few more bullets with the flat increased to about two hundred twenty thousanths and loaded them . They fed out of the magazine just fine hopefully I can test them tomorrow .
Jack
I had some 314299 bullets already lubed and sized that I wanted to try but I was thinking if the nose on the other bullet was to small then this type wasn't going to be much better with all that snoot sticking out in front . Then , I got to wondering if I could upset the nose a bit just to help it center up in the barrel some .
I put a flat punch in the lubesizer and ran the bullet into the die so just a little was sticking out of the die when the press bottomed . I made a flat that measured about One hundred eighty thousanths across on several bullets and loaded five into cases to try .
Today after work I loaded the ammo into the magazine and went after the hundred yard target . The group was about one third less in size and was rather rounded . In the past the groups were not rounded but just all over . I only had one that slipped out of the group but I felt that as the rifle went off .... I still need to get after cleaning up the trigger a little . I made a few more bullets with the flat increased to about two hundred twenty thousanths and loaded them . They fed out of the magazine just fine hopefully I can test them tomorrow .
Jack