Remington .58cal Round Balls
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Sounds like quite the bargain. How many in a box? Are they 50 rd boxes or the 20 rd Gold Remington blister packs?
The photo in the auction was a Remington box of 50 gold colored premier balls...interestingly, the description then went on to say they were "100/box"...so either way it goes it's a terrific deal or an unbelieveable deal.
I've actually shot my .58cal very little because the balls were so dad-blamed expensive...sighted it in, shot a couple deer and that's been it.
But at these prices, it'll be no different than shooting a .50cal...always wanted to do a lot of long range practice the .58 to see first hand what I could do with it but always put it off due to cost...now I can go shoot a 100 or so and not fret about it
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Yea, if you got 20 boxes of 100, or even 50, you should have enough to do some serious shooting with it. Have fun. Maybe that gold color will let you see them in flight if the sun is right. ML'er Tracers. ::
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where? is there enough for everybody?
Sounds real good to me. I just picked up a case(10 boxes) of Remington .490 rb's, 100ct per box. They are gold plated and marked premium. I would jump on the 58's if I came across them also. Is Remington discontinuing them?
FWIW...I tried Remington balls maybe 8-10 years back and came to the conclusion that these were nowhere near the quality of Hornady or Speer.I shoot chunkgun competition,so everything is carefully weighed to the nearest .1gr.Remington balls were off the scale both sides of the average ball weight.The other two brands were very close to each other in variation from the mean weight,but just not so with Remington.Maybe things have improved now,but I remember that you could look at Remingtons and actually see differences in individual balls out of the same box.
Maybe I'm too "picky",and for general shooting Remingtons may be just fine.Of course to get the most consistancy in ball weights it's best to cast your own as I have done for a number of years.You will find that weighing balls that you cast yourself will have a very low variation from the mean...much less than any brand you weigh out.Uh...one other thing
erfectionism is a disease,not a desirable trait:shocking:
Maybe I'm too "picky",and for general shooting Remingtons may be just fine.Of course to get the most consistancy in ball weights it's best to cast your own as I have done for a number of years.You will find that weighing balls that you cast yourself will have a very low variation from the mean...much less than any brand you weigh out.Uh...one other thing
erfectionism is a disease,not a desirable trait:shocking:They just arrived today...haven't had a chance to shoot any yet...I mainly got them because the price was so low that I could afford to play with the .58cal Flinter a lot, where ordinarily I don't.
I'll be surprised if they're not good enough to use, at least for general range plinking at steel targets...I often wonder how concerned we need to be about a couple thousandths variance in the hand, only to then punch them / swage them forceably into a muzzle with a short starter, then give them a several thousand PSI jolt when we fire the rifle...doesn't seem like variances seen in the hand would be the same after all that.
Anyhow, my hunting loads are sighted in with Hornady's and that's what I'll always have downbore for deer hunting.
I'll be surprised if they're not good enough to use, at least for general range plinking at steel targets...I often wonder how concerned we need to be about a couple thousandths variance in the hand, only to then punch them / swage them forceably into a muzzle with a short starter, then give them a several thousand PSI jolt when we fire the rifle...doesn't seem like variances seen in the hand would be the same after all that.
Anyhow, my hunting loads are sighted in with Hornady's and that's what I'll always have downbore for deer hunting.
I have to agree with der Forster, I did mic and weigh several of the .490's from one box and they did vary 3 or 4 grains in weight and quite a few were out of round. I shot 15 from that same box from a bench at 50yds and got groups from 1/2 to 1 inch. Like Roundball, I could not pass them up. They will do just fine for my informal plinking. Hornady's will be my hunting and competition projectile.
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There are several ways to measure the width of a group but it all boils down to the same thing. Group size is the distance from the outside edges of the two bullet holes that are the fartherest apart, less the diameter of the bullet.
I have measured thousands of five shots groups shot during registered benchrest(NBRSA)matches at our range. One hundred yard groups that measure less than the diameter of the bullet used are not uncommon.
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I have measured thousands of five shots groups shot during registered benchrest(NBRSA)matches at our range. One hundred yard groups that measure less than the diameter of the bullet used are not uncommon.
Richard/GA.
Actually the point wasn't about measuring groups...I was so impressed with the group size he got with the Remingtons, which some were questioning compared to Hornadys, that I was asking if he shot an even smaller group size with the Hornadys...if I routinely shot 1/2 groups at 50yds, I wouldn't care what the brand name was, I'd buy all I could find
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Roundball, I shoot several times a week in the luxury of my own yard. Some days I really nail em, and other days I would just hit the vitals on a deer size target. I have had clover leafs from a bench at 50yds with hornadys, however I won't bet any money that I can do it everytime. The Remingtons rb's did not measure out with consistency like the hornadys, so I was very pleased to get such a tight group. Maybe it was one of those "nail em" days. If I could get a deal like that in .54 cal, I would jump on them. I would not hesitate to use the Remingtons for serious shooting, but I have several boxes of Hornadys and so far they are my "go to" rb. Remember this, I have only been a member of this forum for 11 months and my ml knowledge and shooting has grown leaps and bounds in that time. :front:
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