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RE: Model P Colt - Lumpy Grits - 10-12-2014
Load for the Colt, I'll bet the Marlin will do just fine.
What weight bullet you using if the Colt shoots high?
Gary
RE: Model P Colt - Don McDowell - 10-12-2014
Yessir the Marlin liked the Colt's loads just fine.
Shooting the rcbs 180, cast from mystery metal.
RE: Model P Colt - Lumpy Grits - 10-12-2014
How high is the Colt shoot'n at what distance??
Gary
RE: Model P Colt - Don McDowell - 10-12-2014
It's shooting about 6 inches high at 25 yds. Haven't shot it further, but I'm betting it'll be about spot on at 75 or 100.
RE: Model P Colt - Lumpy Grits - 10-12-2014
Wow-that's quite a-bit.
180 gn bullet is the standard weight for that round, isn't it?
What's your load?
Gary
RE: Model P Colt - Don McDowell - 10-12-2014
Yup it's the standard bullet weight and shape. It's doing about 900, spot on where it should be.
Not terribly uncommon to have a Colt shooting that high. I'm just tickled to death they got the barrel screwed in straight and the windage is dead nuts on.
RE: Model P Colt - Lumpy Grits - 10-12-2014
Bet it will be real close at 50yds.
Gary
RE: Model P Colt - Don McDowell - 10-12-2014
It may be pretty close at 50. I just haven't had enough ammo to really mess with it,,, until tonight. I got a couple hundred bullets cast up, and a box of rounds loaded.
Was looking at the bh209 data, and they're showing a decent load at saami spec pressures, so I may just get a wild hair and dig into Maw's stash of the stuff and see how these 38's like them apples.
Got a can of 3f Eynsford to mess with last summer, but haven't opened it yet either..
Lots of fun to get a cardboard box full of bullets out of a 10lb pot of lead.
RE: Model P Colt - Lumpy Grits - 10-14-2014
When was this Colt made?
Gary
RE: Model P Colt - Don McDowell - 10-14-2014
Couple of years ago