JWFilips
Well-Known Member
Hi Folks,
When I spoke to Brad about adding this sub-forum the one thing I wanted to start off with is some targets from various rifles showing the potential
for using light target loads in all caliber rifles. I know that we have here far more knowledgeable people who know more of the technology and physics of what is happening with a cast bullet on launch & hopefully they will chime in to give more details to add to my simple explanation of this type of shooting.
First off; I have to thank Ben for turning me on to this style of shooting early on in my cast bullet rifle phase. I stared out with a 98 8mm mauser & cast and at that time I was being instructed in the use of standard jacketed bullet powders! Dumping 30 to 45 grains in a case and putting tuffs of dacron in the cases and it wasn't fun! Then I found the Mil Surp load of 16 gr 2400 I shot accurate and not bad recoil wise and lost a few teachers. Yes then Ben....He made it look so easy and guess what?..... it was!
Why? I find it fun, it doesn't tax my body as do full loads and I'm just as happy at 50 yd shooting ( where I can see better) It also gives me the ability to shoot a heck of a lot more per range trip then if I were using full loads and very cheaply!
I know the forum has been up for awhile but recently I have been down with a bad chest cold and now am recovering from hand surgery so there was a delay on my part. I'm happy to see folks already posting to this sub-forum.
First off I'm going to show a few targets that were shot plenty slow. They not be excellent targets but show good low node performance:
First Rifle is a very worn Sewer pipe bore 1916 Spanish Mauser. I'm using an interesting bullet in it that really made it become a target rifle ( in my book)
It is the very long and heavy (180gr) Lyman 287221 which was designed by C.H. Herrick for the .28-30-120 Stevens It was made in three different weights the 180 being the heaviest. While I have shot it faster with good results I have settled on a load of 7.0 Gr American Select ( I do get some slight tipping of the bullet at this load at 50 yds but it is still the most accurate load! ) Approximate speed is 900 FPS
When I spoke to Brad about adding this sub-forum the one thing I wanted to start off with is some targets from various rifles showing the potential
for using light target loads in all caliber rifles. I know that we have here far more knowledgeable people who know more of the technology and physics of what is happening with a cast bullet on launch & hopefully they will chime in to give more details to add to my simple explanation of this type of shooting.
First off; I have to thank Ben for turning me on to this style of shooting early on in my cast bullet rifle phase. I stared out with a 98 8mm mauser & cast and at that time I was being instructed in the use of standard jacketed bullet powders! Dumping 30 to 45 grains in a case and putting tuffs of dacron in the cases and it wasn't fun! Then I found the Mil Surp load of 16 gr 2400 I shot accurate and not bad recoil wise and lost a few teachers. Yes then Ben....He made it look so easy and guess what?..... it was!
Why? I find it fun, it doesn't tax my body as do full loads and I'm just as happy at 50 yd shooting ( where I can see better) It also gives me the ability to shoot a heck of a lot more per range trip then if I were using full loads and very cheaply!
I know the forum has been up for awhile but recently I have been down with a bad chest cold and now am recovering from hand surgery so there was a delay on my part. I'm happy to see folks already posting to this sub-forum.
First off I'm going to show a few targets that were shot plenty slow. They not be excellent targets but show good low node performance:
First Rifle is a very worn Sewer pipe bore 1916 Spanish Mauser. I'm using an interesting bullet in it that really made it become a target rifle ( in my book)
It is the very long and heavy (180gr) Lyman 287221 which was designed by C.H. Herrick for the .28-30-120 Stevens It was made in three different weights the 180 being the heaviest. While I have shot it faster with good results I have settled on a load of 7.0 Gr American Select ( I do get some slight tipping of the bullet at this load at 50 yds but it is still the most accurate load! ) Approximate speed is 900 FPS
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