Girly Gun

[Kurt]

A little progress update on little Missy.
I have shot the cases now several times and they finally are coming out with very little spring back from the chamber wall. I do not size the cases this also increased the powder volume the case holds. Before the case would only hold 53 gr of 2F OE uncompressed, now 57 grains is a .080" of compression. I use this load with two bullets, one from BA that is a 417 gr Elliptical .395" diameter and the other is a prolate I had Steve Brooks make at 390 gr .393" diameter. Both bullets shoot pretty good in this 1/14 ROT rifle, but the Brooks Prolate shows a slight favor in this rifle. The bottom target has two sight changes and 4 shots in the center. The top was shot using the BA 417 gr elliptical.
The surprising thing with this rifle and I don't know if it's caliber related is just about what ever I shoot for a load from 57 gr to 63 gr I have yet see a group open up more then 2MOA @ 200 yards since the cases fit properly in the chamber.
I'm kinda under the weather right now after the trip to Mayo but I still plan on shooting a silhouette match at Alma MI this weekend and Cadillac MI Midrange match the following weekend and if this rifle holds up during practice I will shoot it.

IMG_3102 by Kurt, on Flickr
IMG_3103 by Kurt, on Flickr