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RE: Waiting for good weather - JReed - 03-20-2015
Did you get the good weather you were waiting for?
RE: Waiting for good weather - Don McDowell - 03-21-2015
I am in hopes of shooting these tomorrow..
RE: Waiting for good weather - JReed - 03-21-2015
Outstanding. I look forward to hearing how it goes.
RE: Waiting for good weather - Don McDowell - 03-21-2015
The .446 bullets shot fair from 800 yds. Winds were a bit twitchy. There's some promise shown here, but nothing I'ld load a batch and head for a target match with, but could sure ring a gong..
RE: Waiting for good weather - Don McDowell - 03-21-2015
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Buttugly shot the new tank busters fair at 600, but wasn't shooting them dirty as I had hoped. There was a better group in a railroad tie under the target that we didn't notice until after we had already painted. Little tweeking with both and there could be something good come from them.
RE: Waiting for good weather - JReed - 03-22-2015
Looks like you had some wind to play with. That first target also had some vertical going on it seems maybe some load tweaking will do the trick.
RE: Waiting for good weather - Don McDowell - 03-22-2015
Most of the verticle was me adjusting the sights. Shooting 2 shot groups., The first 2 on the right was getting the wind. Then dropped the elevation some more, then the wind let up, and that made the last shot is the one out at 9 almost off the target.. But yes there's still some tweeking to do.
I think jumping up a couple grains on the powder charge, and taking one wad out. Leave the overall length the same, and patch with 7/8 wide patches..
RE: Waiting for good weather - Kurt - 03-23-2015
I thought we where starting to get good weather here till I got up this morning to see 3" of snow on the ground.
It never made it past the mid 30's today.
RE: Waiting for good weather - Gussy - 03-24-2015
White on the mountain top here this morning too. I made a new shooting bench and haven't been able to try it out yet. I did notice a problem down range. Big old pine tree has some branches between me and my 400 & 500 yd gongs. First use of the bench will be with my 222 when I do some redneck tree trimming!!
RE: Waiting for good weather - Rick Mulhern - 05-24-2015
Had these loaded for a while but we've had so much rain that the grass is growing like onto gang-busters and I haven't been able to bushhog the range for over a month. And now....the 'skeeters' are breeding and some of 'em right now could stand flat-footed and bend a turkey over!! A couple of trips with the spray plane will solve that problem!!
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