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This has started some fun shooting! Well I finally did do some shooting with the plastic wads out of my .70 but instead of shooting a .690 or even a .610 I wanted to go even smaller… I wanted to shoot some .530 with success. Well I got it dialed in and really the only thing I had to figure was my elevation. It shot consistently left and right the whole time. Now again no rear sight, and it’s a 4.75 lb trade gun with a big lock on it so I never expect perfection just weather or not it can kill when asked to do so. Once dialed in I took two final shots bc I was running out of time and got them both in the paint can from about 45 yrds. I’m very happy with this.what worked best was 60g of… well I don’t know I just had a horn with 2f 3f and 4f all mixed hahah yeah I don’t like to waste but it worked… anyway 60g down then a thicker nitro card? I think thats what it’s called I don’t normally used them but for this I did for compression sake… run the card down… I then put a thick denim patch in the plastic shot cup and pushed the roundball in. Once it was in just fix it up so it’s not lookin like a fat kid after thanksgiving dinner… push that in the barrel and run it home as well. Everything stayed in nice and tight and shot great and I got really good consistency… let me say i did swab after each shot bc I wasn’t using any lube but for hunting situations I think it will work out just fine.Some people will ask why, but i say why not. Let’s be honest going to the gun store and finding .690 round balls… not anywhere near me, but I can fined .530 all day and plastic shotgun cups yep another easy find. I do cast my own .690 round balls but figured this might be fun too not just for the convenience of being able to find everything I need at the gun store but also to save on some lead. And one more thing I pretty much used the same patch the whole time and picked up all the plastic shot cups to reuse as well so it’s even efficient too! Only thing I burned up was the cardboard card. Give it a try you might like what you see!
This has started some fun shooting! Well I finally did do some shooting with the plastic wads out of my .70 but instead of shooting a .690 or even a .610 I wanted to go even smaller… I wanted to shoot some .530 with success. Well I got it dialed in and really the only thing I had to figure was my elevation. It shot consistently left and right the whole time. Now again no rear sight, and it’s a 4.75 lb trade gun with a big lock on it so I never expect perfection just weather or not it can kill when asked to do so. Once dialed in I took two final shots bc I was running out of time and got them both in the paint can from about 45 yrds. I’m very happy with this.
what worked best was 60g of… well I don’t know I just had a horn with 2f 3f and 4f all mixed hahah yeah I don’t like to waste but it worked… anyway 60g down then a thicker nitro card? I think thats what it’s called I don’t normally used them but for this I did for compression sake… run the card down… I then put a thick denim patch in the plastic shot cup and pushed the roundball in. Once it was in just fix it up so it’s not lookin like a fat kid after thanksgiving dinner… push that in the barrel and run it home as well. Everything stayed in nice and tight and shot great and I got really good consistency… let me say i did swab after each shot bc I wasn’t using any lube but for hunting situations I think it will work out just fine.
Some people will ask why, but i say why not. Let’s be honest going to the gun store and finding .690 round balls… not anywhere near me, but I can fined .530 all day and plastic shotgun cups yep another easy find. I do cast my own .690 round balls but figured this might be fun too not just for the convenience of being able to find everything I need at the gun store but also to save on some lead. And one more thing I pretty much used the same patch the whole time and picked up all the plastic shot cups to reuse as well so it’s even efficient too! Only thing I burned up was the cardboard card. Give it a try you might like what you see!
