Originally Posted by 44man
I went down to test felix against LBT blue to see about lube on the brass. I took the chronograph too. No difference as I had a little lube all the way to the rim with both lubes. I was shooting the 400 gr. Lee from the BFR .475. The LBT had the smallest SD at 10.5, velocity was 1338.2. The slightly hardened Felix gave me 1362.7 fps, a gain of 24.5 fps. SD was 14.3. Both groups were good at around an inch at 50 yd's.
I had some of my 429 gr. gc boolits from my home made mold so I shot five. Since I didn't have a new target, I put a one inch sticker at the top of the one I was shooting at. VERY difficult with a four minute dot in the Tasco, covers two inches at 50 yd's. I called two shots low because I was creeping into the orange dot. I used soft Felix, Loads are hot with several slightly sticky cases. Velocity is 1348.3 fps, SD at 20.5. I am going to reduce the charge one half grain. I hope you fellas appreciate how difficult it is to shoot groups with a four minute dot!
Anyway, I had the first three in 1/4", the two I called low were overlapping in 1/4" and if I had not crept down with the sight, they would have made a five shot group of 1/4".
Has anyone out there shot that good with a Freedom arms gun?
