versifier
08-30-2017, 01:43 PM
The rifle is the first one I ever built, a Bubba'd WWI M98 with 6" sawn off the end of the barrel with a hacksaw at an angle. Barrel faced and crowned, trigger polished, action reblued. New stock, scout mount, and 2X LeupoldEER on it. That was 35 years ago.
I already have a great target load for the 175 Lee and 3031, but it's barely 1500fps and I've been meaning to get around to testing some other powders to find something closer to or preferably well over 2000 for deer hunting.
Three years ago I loaded up a box of 4064 test loads. Yesterday I finally got a chance to shoot them. With the rifle sighted in for its favorite 150gr jacketed load I found the POI for the first increment was about 3" right and 8" low. Groups 3 5/8" + 7 3/4". No good. I readjusted the scope. #2 was on the paper with groups 4 5/8" and 5 3/8 (the first four were in a nice tight 1 1/4" group and I yanked the trigger to open it way up.) #3 yielded groups of 6 1/2" and 5 3/8". #4's POI was 5" higher and only had two rounds from each group at the top of the target. I adjusted the scope so #5 would be on the paper but I don't know where they went as the backboard was pretty shot up - none of the ten shots hit targets.
I figure I will need to retest #2, #4, & #5. No idea if 4 & 5 continued to open up, but the two pairs of #4 that hit the paper were each an inch apart.......
We need to cast a bunch more of those 175's......
I already have a great target load for the 175 Lee and 3031, but it's barely 1500fps and I've been meaning to get around to testing some other powders to find something closer to or preferably well over 2000 for deer hunting.
Three years ago I loaded up a box of 4064 test loads. Yesterday I finally got a chance to shoot them. With the rifle sighted in for its favorite 150gr jacketed load I found the POI for the first increment was about 3" right and 8" low. Groups 3 5/8" + 7 3/4". No good. I readjusted the scope. #2 was on the paper with groups 4 5/8" and 5 3/8 (the first four were in a nice tight 1 1/4" group and I yanked the trigger to open it way up.) #3 yielded groups of 6 1/2" and 5 3/8". #4's POI was 5" higher and only had two rounds from each group at the top of the target. I adjusted the scope so #5 would be on the paper but I don't know where they went as the backboard was pretty shot up - none of the ten shots hit targets.
I figure I will need to retest #2, #4, & #5. No idea if 4 & 5 continued to open up, but the two pairs of #4 that hit the paper were each an inch apart.......
We need to cast a bunch more of those 175's......