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Offline MnMike

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Range report .204 and .500 S&W
« on: April 23, 2007, 04:41:48 PM »
.204

Range : 100 yards
Bullet  : Sierra 32 Grain
Case   : Remington
Primer : WW Small Rifle
Powder : Varget, medium load
Sights : Bariska scope 6-24X
Wind  : 6-10 MPH, variable

Group 4 shots, 1/2", one flier making it 7/8"

Me     : Happy!

.500
Some problems here, my fault.

Range: 25 yards
Bullet : Ranier 335 Cu Plated
Case   : Starline
Primer: WW Large Rifle - a gift, old and badly stored, I wanted to use them up.
Powder : Blue Dot - light load
Wind : Who cares with this weight bullet
Sights: Iron

I made up the load from a bunch of data from other calibers. I wanted something light, from powder I had on hand. I thought it was OK, but since I had never made up a load before, I was not sure if the gun would blow or if I would have a bullet stuck in the barrel. My first shot was with the gun sandbagged and a wire to the trigger. I shot it from 10 feet away. All was fine. It turned out the load was very light. It kicked about like a .410. The bad primers required multiple striikes to fire. I also had never used a revolver die before. I did not set it properly, since I was worried about it trying to crimp my non crimp groove bullets. The things would barely go into the chamber. My final group was about minute of hubcap.

Oh well, one out of two ain't bad,

mike

Not happy. 


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Re: Range report .204 and .500 S&W
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2007, 01:26:41 AM »
Mike

Great work on the 204 , i think the 500 needs help though , you may just have to break down and load them hotter .  ;)

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:D If i can,t stop it with 6 it can,t be stopped

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Re: Range report .204 and .500 S&W
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2007, 08:26:53 AM »
One more person proving that I need to have a .204. Thanks for the vote. ;D
TJM