Great day at the range

[Greg in Malad]

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It was a great day at the range today. This was shot at 100 yds, I didn't have my chronograph, but this load should be going about 2900 fps. The jacketed shooters didn't think it was all that good, so I had to share it with you. Right now you couldn't wipe the smile off my face with a hammer.

[Buckshot]

.............Very good shooting Greg. If I'd a done that you couldn't have gotten the smile off my face with a belt sander :-)

.............Buckshot

[Calamity Jake]

"The jacketed shooters didn't think it was all that good,"

Tell them "J" shooters to try it for them selves!! Then see what they say.

Good shooten BTW

[MT Gianni]

Nice shooting. What was the alloy and lube?

[Greg in Malad]

It was straight Lino, and carnauba red. I switched from 50/50 WW/Lino, water dropped, To straight Lino. I was getting slight leading after 20 rds with the 50/50 mix, but the lino shot clean. The next calm day I will try them at 200 yds.

[LAH]

That is a great group.................Creeker



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[Buckshot]

[QUOTE=Greg in Malad;819255]The jacketed shooters didn't think it was all that good, so I had to share it with you. QUOTE]

.............I forgot to ask how small the groups were the 'jacketed' guys were getting with THEIR ho-made bullets? And if they weren't home made, I wonder if any of'em had to curtail or stop shooting until the commercial bullet pipeline refilled? Meanwhile you're in your own personal boolit foundry, founding copious quantities of foom fodder:bigsmyl2:

..............Buckshot

[Greg in Malad]

Buckshot,
What grit sanding belt would it require to remove the smile? Most of the targets at the range look like shotgun patterns,and most of the time I don't tell people what I'm shooting, kinda tired of explaining why cast wont ruin your barrel. The first thing I learned when I started casting .22's is that you measure bullets by the hour, not the pound, and there is no such thing as copious quanties.

[captain-03]

Excellent -- Just Excellent!!

[HORNET]

Not too shabby! You might try a little more tweaking and see if it'll do even better. 22's are notoriously touchy. When casting, I usually run about 6-7 pounds at a stretch to hold me through the hot weather. It doesn't always work.......They're so fun to shoot that they run out about as fast as .38 wadcutters.

[Herb in Pa]

Nice shooting Greg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dale53]

EXCELLENT!

Dale53

[Doc Highwall]

Greg in Malad, the Lyman mould that you are using how many cavities does it have. I just picked up a 4 cavity NOE 22-055 and I am on the list for a 4 cavity 60 grain mould.

[9.3X62AL]

Greg--

I saw the powder/weight and knew those castings were honking right along. VERY NICE WORK. The j-word dilettantes are largely clueless when it comes to cast boolits--and more so when small-caliber shooting is discussed.

That result is something to justifiably be proud of. Look out, rats!

[1Shirt]

Greg, Keep us posted on your further testing! Thanks for shareing!
1Shirt!:coffee:

[Greg in Malad]

Doc,
It's a new 2 cavity mold. Cast from straight Lino they weigh 47.9 grains. I have to admit, this rifle is a good one, it has a .225 diameter throat, a 1-14 twist and a very smooth bore. It deserves the credit, not me. I size the bullets to.225 and they fit like a glove. It shoots everything well. I wish my hornet was so easy.

[Doc Highwall]

I have a NOE 22-055 mould and I just picked up some 22 cal Gator checks now I have to get a .225 SAECO sizer die and I will be all set to go. I have to get a .244 SAECO sizer die for my 6mm BR. also.

[tonyjones]

Greg,
Congratulations and thanks for showing the way! I am a cast boolit newbie and recently joined this forum for the expertise. Anything that shrinks my learning curve is sincerely appreciated.
Tony

[Phat Man Mike]

nice shooting! :)

[geargnasher]

Good job, Greg, you have no idea how many people will say that 2900 fps with cast .22s can't be done and still hit minute of berm! I'd be jumpin' too with a group like that.

Gear

[Greg in Malad]

Gear,
The funny thing is I gave some bullets to a friend and told him what load I was using, and it shoots as good for him as it does for me. I have found the .223 to be a very cast friendly caliber.

[Doc Highwall]

I just measured the bullets out of my four cavity N.O.E. 22-055 FN mould with my 30:1 alloy. They weigh 60.8 grains and the base measures .2267" and the nose measures .2187" this was the average for 6 bullets. I went back and looked at Greg in Malads target and the data and I am even more impressed with the results that he got and hope I can get some thing close to that at a little slower velocity due to my softer alloy. I am going to start out with 12 grains of AA-5744 and go from there.

[Greg in Malad]

Doc,
12 grains of 5744 shot good in my rifle, I can't find the chrono data but I think it was going a little over 2000 fps. For a very mild load try 4 grains of red dot, It goes about 1000 fps with a 50 grain bullet, sounds like a .22