Buckshot
06-21-2006, 03:25 AM
................We had a glorious day for shooting. It was only in the low 90's and we had a mild breeze which just made it pleasant. Well there were some 22RF benchrest guys at the other end of the line who'd probably wished they were in a warehouse, but tough beans, read your wind flags (they had a freaking forest of'em out).
Speaking of twice two's I bought a new one today from another Burrito-isto and board member. I've had a Rem 582 since the day before I got married in 1975 and now I have a Rem 581 to go with it. It looks brand new and I was told that it had had maybe a box of ammo through it, if that. I'm familiar with the wear points in the action and they're all still blued. Even the locking lugs. Stock is new, without scratch, mar or compression. The action is tighter then a pair of starched denims.
So anyway, I won the match :-). We shot the regular which is centerfire rifle, cast lead, offhand over iron sights. Shooting is for score, 10 rounds at 50 yards. A couple weeks ago I'd lube sized up (first time for these) a bunch of the group buy 6 cavity Lee 8mm modifieds (FP instead of a RN). I'd sized them to .325" to try in the new Yugo M24/47. This things turns out to have one of those monster throats and a .325" groove.
So I ran 50 of'em up through a Lee .323" die for the Turk. This was one of the $69 Big 5 Turks from some years back, and turns out to have a Czech action. Best of all the barrel is in excellent condition. It has a tight throat and slugs sized .325" require a mallet to close the bolt. Doesn't do the slugs any good, lemme tell ya so they're sized .323". With the Lee's loaded to and crimped in the bottom lube groove, the turn of the ogive is 'just' touched by the lands.
I loaded them over 23.0grs + Dacron of Nobel Tubal 2000 (I call it T2K) which is a surplus number Graf's had, and it's just like some H4198 I have. Good thing I got 32 lbs of it. How nice :-).
The rifle has a darn nice trigger once you get used to it. The first stage is the pits and the sear drags and rattles along then comes to a definative stop. All you need then is just a weensy more pressure and it breaks clean. The first part up to that stop is just BAD, but I'm scared to touch it.
El Pistolero finished up first and shot a 89-1X which is a darn good score. He was shooting a like new 03-A3. A Wincester Hi-Wall in 38-55 was also being shot and he was using 20.0grs of Lightening and the 264gr Lyman. That Lightening powder he was using had been produced in 1932. Deputy Al shot a Savage M99 in 250 Savage and the other shooter used a M98/08 Brazilian.
I ended up with a 91-2X which I was VERY happy about. Two 8's, five 9's and three 10's. I'd loaded up 50 rounds so I have enough left for 3 more matches. Next week we're shooting the same. I haven't excersized either of the M91 Argentines in quite some time, so I suppose I'll have to load some up for one of those.
..................Buckshot
Speaking of twice two's I bought a new one today from another Burrito-isto and board member. I've had a Rem 582 since the day before I got married in 1975 and now I have a Rem 581 to go with it. It looks brand new and I was told that it had had maybe a box of ammo through it, if that. I'm familiar with the wear points in the action and they're all still blued. Even the locking lugs. Stock is new, without scratch, mar or compression. The action is tighter then a pair of starched denims.
So anyway, I won the match :-). We shot the regular which is centerfire rifle, cast lead, offhand over iron sights. Shooting is for score, 10 rounds at 50 yards. A couple weeks ago I'd lube sized up (first time for these) a bunch of the group buy 6 cavity Lee 8mm modifieds (FP instead of a RN). I'd sized them to .325" to try in the new Yugo M24/47. This things turns out to have one of those monster throats and a .325" groove.
So I ran 50 of'em up through a Lee .323" die for the Turk. This was one of the $69 Big 5 Turks from some years back, and turns out to have a Czech action. Best of all the barrel is in excellent condition. It has a tight throat and slugs sized .325" require a mallet to close the bolt. Doesn't do the slugs any good, lemme tell ya so they're sized .323". With the Lee's loaded to and crimped in the bottom lube groove, the turn of the ogive is 'just' touched by the lands.
I loaded them over 23.0grs + Dacron of Nobel Tubal 2000 (I call it T2K) which is a surplus number Graf's had, and it's just like some H4198 I have. Good thing I got 32 lbs of it. How nice :-).
The rifle has a darn nice trigger once you get used to it. The first stage is the pits and the sear drags and rattles along then comes to a definative stop. All you need then is just a weensy more pressure and it breaks clean. The first part up to that stop is just BAD, but I'm scared to touch it.
El Pistolero finished up first and shot a 89-1X which is a darn good score. He was shooting a like new 03-A3. A Wincester Hi-Wall in 38-55 was also being shot and he was using 20.0grs of Lightening and the 264gr Lyman. That Lightening powder he was using had been produced in 1932. Deputy Al shot a Savage M99 in 250 Savage and the other shooter used a M98/08 Brazilian.
I ended up with a 91-2X which I was VERY happy about. Two 8's, five 9's and three 10's. I'd loaded up 50 rounds so I have enough left for 3 more matches. Next week we're shooting the same. I haven't excersized either of the M91 Argentines in quite some time, so I suppose I'll have to load some up for one of those.
..................Buckshot