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New Contest Starting Now! This Target Haunts Me
- By AMG04
- The Bear Pit
- 158 Replies
Not a flyer so to speak but a comical learning experience...
As a new precision shooter I had read everything I could on load development. Ladder, OCW, Satterlee, etc. I thought I was an expert on all things load development.
When using a new to me cartridge, I like to pick a few powders for the bullet I want to shoot and load a quick 10-12 rnd pressure test. Basically a ladder test shot at 100yds to see where I hit pressure. Sometimes the combo works and all rnds are under 1.5 MOA across the spread, other times it's all over the place and clear that it's not a good combo.
Time for the humble pie...
The first time I tried the pressure ladder I was shooting a 224 Valkyrie. I shot the rounds at 100 yards and had what looked like a perfect ladder test! Thought to myself why on earth is everyone doing this at 500, 600 or 1000 yards... it works at 100...
Full of excitement and some great "nodes" in hand i started packing up my gear. When I picked up the rifle from the bench, the scope nearly fell off! Scope Mounts were completely loose. What looked like a nice ladder (confirmation bias) was actually the mount shifting and working loose!
Always check and recheck screws, mounts, etc on gear.
As a new precision shooter I had read everything I could on load development. Ladder, OCW, Satterlee, etc. I thought I was an expert on all things load development.
When using a new to me cartridge, I like to pick a few powders for the bullet I want to shoot and load a quick 10-12 rnd pressure test. Basically a ladder test shot at 100yds to see where I hit pressure. Sometimes the combo works and all rnds are under 1.5 MOA across the spread, other times it's all over the place and clear that it's not a good combo.
Time for the humble pie...
The first time I tried the pressure ladder I was shooting a 224 Valkyrie. I shot the rounds at 100 yards and had what looked like a perfect ladder test! Thought to myself why on earth is everyone doing this at 500, 600 or 1000 yards... it works at 100...
Full of excitement and some great "nodes" in hand i started packing up my gear. When I picked up the rifle from the bench, the scope nearly fell off! Scope Mounts were completely loose. What looked like a nice ladder (confirmation bias) was actually the mount shifting and working loose!
Always check and recheck screws, mounts, etc on gear.
Subsonic big-bore loads
- By Gtscotty
- Reloading Depot
- 0 Replies
With cans and lever rifles getting more and more popular, I figured it might be a beneficial for those of us who have fallen down the big-bore subsonic rabbit hole to have a thread to discuss what's working for us powder, case prep and bullet wise.
My particular poison is .44 subs out of a Henry X and 77/44, but .357, .45 LC, 450BM, 458 Socom, etc discussion welcome.
Getting consistent accuracy out of these kinds of loads has been tricky for me, and my standards for good enough are a good bit lower than with my other rifles. Having tried CFE pistol, HP-38/W231, Longshot, HS-6 and AA#7 with a variety of ~300gr cast and jacketed bullets, I'm seeing the most success with AA#7 and HS-6 at this point. Having uniformly clean cases seems to have a large impact on 100yd accuracy with my .44s, I got some strange results with using vibratory cleaned vs wet tumbled w/armor all cases.
Below is some of the load development I've worked on.
I'm very interested to hear what's working/not working for everyone else.
My particular poison is .44 subs out of a Henry X and 77/44, but .357, .45 LC, 450BM, 458 Socom, etc discussion welcome.
Getting consistent accuracy out of these kinds of loads has been tricky for me, and my standards for good enough are a good bit lower than with my other rifles. Having tried CFE pistol, HP-38/W231, Longshot, HS-6 and AA#7 with a variety of ~300gr cast and jacketed bullets, I'm seeing the most success with AA#7 and HS-6 at this point. Having uniformly clean cases seems to have a large impact on 100yd accuracy with my .44s, I got some strange results with using vibratory cleaned vs wet tumbled w/armor all cases.
Below is some of the load development I've worked on.
I'm very interested to hear what's working/not working for everyone else.
Hulk Hogan.......
- The Bear Pit
- 68 Replies
Ya but then we're on to the next three, so....
I was actually shocked when heard about ozzy. I thought he died years ago.
Optics GRAY OPS 1 Piece Scope Mount 36mm
- By mr_fullmetal
- Buy - Sell - Trade
- 3 Replies
Brand new. GRAY OPS 36mm Precision Scope Mount. 1 piece 36mm 1.540” height 0 moa. Ceracoted Stealth Gray
Also including GRAY OPS 36mm Precision Diving Board. 1 piece diving board/top ring. Black anodized finish
Asking $400 will include shipping. Venmo or Zelle for payment.
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Also including GRAY OPS 36mm Precision Diving Board. 1 piece diving board/top ring. Black anodized finish
Asking $400 will include shipping. Venmo or Zelle for payment.
Diagnosing Case Separation and Bolt Lug Wear on 6 ARC Rifle
- Semi-Automatic Rifles
- 40 Replies
A box of ammo with two diffrent types of ogive. I would have to see that to beleive it. Does the person who wrote that even know what the ogive of a bullet is.
Who made the barrel?
Who made the barrel?
