44man
08-19-2006, 08:50 AM
I shot my 45-70 BFR revolver from bags yesterday to compare my normal booits with some I cast with a pure lead nose. Most of you know from my posts that this gun will not group from bags for some reason but I was just wanting to see if the funny boolits would even hit the paper. They are funny because there is a parting line where the two leads meet. I kept the mould hot and had both pots as hot as they would go.
I used Lar's lube for the first time in this gun and there was no leading and it shot as good as I have ever done with it from bags.
What surprised me was that the funny boolits hit the same POI and shot tighter groups every time. Maybe I have to have a wrinkled nose on all of my boolits! A built it turbulator!
For the last shots on paper, I shot Creedmore and even though I was wiggling, I had them in 3/4" at 50 yd's.
I was very pleased with Lar's lube ---AGAIN!
I didn't save the target for a picture because as soon as I finished, my friends started shooting the steel plate down there and shredded my target.
I had to get in the game with my remaining boolits so I found a tin can to stand up in front of the plate. Shooting offhand with this cannon, it was easy to shred the can and any missed shots were still on the plate, missing the can by an inch or so. I even hit the can in the bottom when it was knocked down. It really flew up in the air. The plate is around 8" in diameter. I feel this is good because holding that much steel out there is like weight lifting after a while. Danged gun is HEAVY.
I used Lar's lube for the first time in this gun and there was no leading and it shot as good as I have ever done with it from bags.
What surprised me was that the funny boolits hit the same POI and shot tighter groups every time. Maybe I have to have a wrinkled nose on all of my boolits! A built it turbulator!
For the last shots on paper, I shot Creedmore and even though I was wiggling, I had them in 3/4" at 50 yd's.
I was very pleased with Lar's lube ---AGAIN!
I didn't save the target for a picture because as soon as I finished, my friends started shooting the steel plate down there and shredded my target.
I had to get in the game with my remaining boolits so I found a tin can to stand up in front of the plate. Shooting offhand with this cannon, it was easy to shred the can and any missed shots were still on the plate, missing the can by an inch or so. I even hit the can in the bottom when it was knocked down. It really flew up in the air. The plate is around 8" in diameter. I feel this is good because holding that much steel out there is like weight lifting after a while. Danged gun is HEAVY.