Testing Longbow’s 0.740” RB’s at 100 yards
Just ran 3 batches at 100 yards.
First group:
-38 gr Steel
-x12x gs
-22 (or 25, I forgot) mm fiber wad
-fold crimp
-3” Fiocchi hull
These shot the tightest. I had one flyer, but I knew it was gonna be. Bad crimp. Pen is for reference:
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Second group:
-40 grs of Steel
-same as the above except roll crimp
These shot about a 5” group. I would be confident in hunting out to 100 yards with that load:
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Third group:
-same as above except 38 grs of Blue Dot. Worst of the day:
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Seriously, I’m impressed. I feel these did better with a fold crimp.
BTW, the gun was a Mossberg 835 rifled barrel. Was gonna run these in my 212, but I didn’t.
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Testing Longbow’s 0.740” RB’s at 100 yards
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longbow
Yes, you probably did but I forgot. I have a short attention span and was looking at 100 yard results.
Those graphs do look familiar now that you mention it! Sorry!
Any thoughts on the pressure for payload/powder charge compared with other slugs? Just wondering if the oversize balls being swaged down might be pushing pressure up some?
While about 0.010" oversize there isn't a lot of lead to swage down compared to a longer cylindrical solid slug that is only say 0.001" to 0.002" over groove diameter. What do you think?
Thanks,
Longbow
My strain gage is epoxied over the chamber area (near the powder/wad section of a load), so you wouldn’t see a difference as it strictly measures chamber pressures.
However, I can put a strain gage anywhere along the barrel to capture sidewall pressure between loads.
BTW, what mold and size were those from? I’m getting one.
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