Range report.....

[Little Wattsy]

"Failure is the opportunity to begin again with more intelligence."

~ Henry Ford

How aptly put.

After several months of regular shooting I am FINALLY getting the consistancy that have been looking for. Primarily I have been trying to develop a certain type of hunting round. In this case I am shooting a .50 cal 26" green mountian barrel w/ a 1 in 28 twist.
Today at LONG last I got groups.....3/4 " grps at 25 yards and 2" at 100 yards.
I ended up filling about 1/3 of my front sight off (and added a spot of white fingernail polish for effect) Shooting a 460 gr Hornady HBFP over a .54 cal ox-yoke felt wad and 100 grains of Pyrodex RS. (Nipple STILL not burt out :wink: ) Useing RWS musket caps also.
Recoil VERY manageable. Dug a few of the slugs outta the sand bank and DAM! They look like a cut-in-half golf ball's. Should be very devestating. THESE bullets have a ballistic Coeffecient of .230 which aint bad and enough weight to retain over 1300 FPE at 150 yards (well beyond MY ability with the open sights.)
All in all I am pleased, FINALLY!
PRB's MUCH easier but I got a special barrel comming for those; Hope to have it in posession in the next week or two.

Finally JUST as I found THE bullet; Hornady discontines them! Gotta try to get a close replica OR have a "custom" mold built.... :hmm:

 

[jtmattison]

I wouldn't fret over Hornady discontinuing them. There are many, many bullet moulds out there to make your own in different styles. Lyman has a Plains Bullet mould, # 2654656 395 grain flat base, flat point. I have it in .54 and they are great shooting bullets. I'm sure they would perform equally as well as the ones you are shooting now.

The fun in this sport is trying new things.

:hatsoff:

HD

 

[Blizzard of '93]

460 gr slug over 100 gr Pyro? wowee - that is stiff loading for sure. how many shots before ya get punch drunk?

 

[Little Wattsy]

460 gr slug over 100 gr Pyro? wowee - that is stiff loading for sure. how many shots before ya get punch drunk?

LOL taint that bad...I grew up handloading a 7Mag with the understanding that bigger faster was better for flatter trajectory...use to go out pop off ten rounds and have a visible bruise on the shoulder...THIS, after 20 rounds I could feel it but no flinchies :grin:

 

[windwalker_au]

460 gr slug over 100 gr Pyro? wowee - that is stiff loading for sure. how many shots before ya get punch drunk?

LOL taint that bad...I grew up handloading a 7Mag with the understanding that bigger faster was better for flatter trajectory...use to go out pop off ten rounds and have a visible bruise on the shoulder...THIS, after 20 rounds I could feel it but no flinchies :grin:

wattsy i shoot 120 grn of ppp wano under a 433 grn hollow point .54 mini,its a real tack driver,it drops big hogs in there tracks and i dont feel the recoil.
Bernie :thumbsup: