Spindrift
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Nice day at the range today, with my Rössler titan alpha rifle. This is a push- feed, bolt action rifle with switch- barrel functionality. Price level of this rifle is between rem 700, and Tikka T3 here. Currently, the .30-06- barrel is in the rifle. Accuracy potential with jacketed bullets is very good. The barrels are from german barrel maker Lothar Walter. Alloy is 96/2/2 nuclear medicine lead/antimon/tin. Air cooled «pencil hardness number» after two weeks is about 18. Sages aluminium GC.
Tested two bullets today, and two different powders. The c309- 200- R I have tested only once before, using Vectan tubal- 3000 powder (also new to me) and Viht N- 110. The other bullet I tested today, was the NOE version of the Saeco #315 bullet. I have recently aquired a 4- cavity mold, with 2 gc/2PB. Today I tested the GC bullets for the first time, the PB- bullets will go next!
So far, I have gotten good results with TU- 3000, and N110.
The bullets today were dip- lubed, using a mix of alox, beeswax, liquid boat wax and a little carnauba wax. The «dip» has a gravy- like consistency, but once the solvents leave the party it is relatively firm and dry. The lube (after drying) har approximately 80% alox, 15% beeswax and the remaining 5% equal parts parafine wax and carnauba. After dipping the bullets, I place them on wax paper to dry. The next day, they go through a push- through sizer base- first. The «lube flashing» at the base of the bullets will then act as a reservoir of lube, that nicely fills the grooves.
All shots at 100m. The increments in the target (circles) is almost exactly 1MOA at this distance. The target below, with 10 shots in one group (TU- 3000, 27grs), seems to indicate a reasonably stable barrel condition (no fliers); the load itself is slightly outside the sweet spot, I believe. There is another target below with 10 shots in 2 separate groups- I forgot to zero the target; there are 5 shots with tubal- 3000 (top group), and 5 with N- 110 (bottom).
Tested two bullets today, and two different powders. The c309- 200- R I have tested only once before, using Vectan tubal- 3000 powder (also new to me) and Viht N- 110. The other bullet I tested today, was the NOE version of the Saeco #315 bullet. I have recently aquired a 4- cavity mold, with 2 gc/2PB. Today I tested the GC bullets for the first time, the PB- bullets will go next!
So far, I have gotten good results with TU- 3000, and N110.
The bullets today were dip- lubed, using a mix of alox, beeswax, liquid boat wax and a little carnauba wax. The «dip» has a gravy- like consistency, but once the solvents leave the party it is relatively firm and dry. The lube (after drying) har approximately 80% alox, 15% beeswax and the remaining 5% equal parts parafine wax and carnauba. After dipping the bullets, I place them on wax paper to dry. The next day, they go through a push- through sizer base- first. The «lube flashing» at the base of the bullets will then act as a reservoir of lube, that nicely fills the grooves.
All shots at 100m. The increments in the target (circles) is almost exactly 1MOA at this distance. The target below, with 10 shots in one group (TU- 3000, 27grs), seems to indicate a reasonably stable barrel condition (no fliers); the load itself is slightly outside the sweet spot, I believe. There is another target below with 10 shots in 2 separate groups- I forgot to zero the target; there are 5 shots with tubal- 3000 (top group), and 5 with N- 110 (bottom).
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