Hello, I'm new here, and anxious to jump in and share my latest adventure. After reading and RE-reading the mouse fart thread (I am very impressed with this group and the amount of knowledge in here) I wanted to experiment with a cast boolit load for coyote. I want this load accurate to 100 yards, and a mild report is ok. Hence the name of rat fart.
The rifle I have is a 30-06 Remington 700, the cases I used are GI brass, circa WW2. I drilled out the primer flash holes to avoid case resetting and spoiling these fire formed cases. Primers were CCI 200. The powder I chose is Tite Group (powder orientation in the case does not matter with this powder). The boolit is an old favorite of mine, the Lyman 311008, and I cast it hard (BHN 22). The range I'm able to use at present is 50 yards, I'll test at 100 yards later this spring at another range. After several attempts I found that powder charge of around 6 grains was near ideal, accuracy wise. So my son & I ladder tested 5.7 through 6.1 grains of tite group. We started at the low end with three shot groups, and found the 5.9 grain load shot into one jagged hole. The further we went from 5.9 grains, the wider the groups.
It is my intention to share, not to prove or disprove any theories. I would like to say that my earlier loadings tended to follow the findings of Mr. Gordon, in that this light weight bullet was probably way over stabilized in the rifles 1 in 10 rifling. I loaded as high as 8 grains of tite group with that boolit only to find I was unable to hit the target, the "groups" were so wide.
I really appreciate this group, and the atmosphere of higher learning I find here.