Hi all, I started reloading about 3 weeks ago, and for the cost of putting a j-word into a case it didn't seem worth the work. fortunately i found casting! but gas checks are a whopping 4 cents each! plus if i wanted to load my 30-06 to anything under 2400fps i might as well leave it at home and bring the 3030. The search for an answer to that problem brought me here, over the last week i have loaded and fired 40 paper patched rounds for my 30-06, results were, interesting....
the first 20 cartridges i assembled were loaded with a 160g air cooled wheel weight boolit,
sized to 309, patched with 2 wraps of tracing paper, just past the ogive with twisted tail.
lightly lubed with lla and re sized to 309 in my lee push through sizer, over 45.5g AA2495 in Winchester brass with an s&b primer.
ten rounds were wrapped dry, ten were trimmed to accommodate stretch and wet with saliva before wrapping
I have not done a chamber cast or slugged my bore yet, as my micrometer is in the mail.
i am shooting a centurion arms model 123 in 30-06, with what appears to be a set of Williams sights, i have ordered a williams wgrs for the fn mauser that *should fit the countour and the .500 spaced holes already in the receiver. from info i have found online they are a sporterized Mauser 98 done in California in the 60s-70s, any info on that is appreciated
the targets below were made using poster paper i had laying around, dusted with tan spray paint to cut down on glare,
the bull is a 1 inch hole drilled in the bottom of a can with a 4 inch base, quick spray into and then around the can works not to bad for me.
these were the two consecutive 5 shot groups fired at 25m with a dry wrap, the one that looks the least bad was first.
same day, same range, wet wrapped, i was shooting prone and hitting low, i believe aiming at the second target (which centered only 5 inches off the ground) the missing 5th round struck the dirt in front, i adjusted my hold accordingly and the other 4 hit paper. still disappointing but FAR better than the dry wrap.
this was my target today, group 1 was fired quickly, and i flinched the third shot (called it as being low)
groups 2 and 3 i am relatively happy with. if i can improve technique (both shooting and reloading) and shrink those groups to stay under 3/4" at 25, 3 at 100 and 6 at 200 i will be a very happy man.
i don't know what the hell happened to group number 4. I believe the low round was me, but i called it slightly low, not 4 inchs.
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my shooting position,
any and all input is requested and appreciated.
and thanks for all the info i already took from the stickies!
holy **** this paper patching thing is addictive though,