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Offline Lead pot

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Oops!!!
« on: January 26, 2003, 04:32:05 PM »
BW. If they look good to you shoot them,Just turn that little knob on top of the staff if you have to.Probably all you done is wast a little tin.
I just remelted three-three pound coffee cans full because I had too many different runs of alloy :) now I have 90lbs all the same :) .LP
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Lighter bullets
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2003, 04:41:45 PM »
Blackwater--I would load them and shoot them.  It is unlikely you will be able to tell a great deal of difference.  If you have used the 745 in that rifle with success in the past, it will perform if the bullet is a little harder.  There is a possibility that you might--and I stress that it is only a possibility--get some slight  leading that you wouldn't get with a softer bullet.  Shoot straight, rdnck.
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Bullet hardness
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2003, 01:35:28 PM »
Blackwater--I hear folks say that they have experienced a significant improvement (or deterioriation, as the case may be) when changing from 20-1 to 30-1 or vice versa.  In my case, I can see no difference in accuracy between any hardness level between 16-1 and 40-1.  Shoot straight, rdnck.
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Bullet Wt. Variance and Velocity
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2003, 03:07:05 PM »
BlkWtr,

Once upon on time, on a now comatose board (shooters.com) a gent who, if I recall correctly, writes ballistics programs stated that a one grain weight variance with the typical BP cart bullet (500 grs) will only change the velocity about one FPS.  "One grain=1FPS" is an easy way to remember it.

Not much to fuss about.  Now if you are going to mix a bunch of bullets together that vary more than that say 5 grs or more in variance then there may be some stringing vertically at the longer shooting distances.

Then again, a heavier bullet would come out at a lower vel, which may mean more barrel jump before the bullet exits the bore... but to further confuse things I suppose the jump depends on the rifles configuration and the mass (resistance to recoil) etc of the shooter attached to the rifle.

Ain't this fun?  

Hoppy

P.S.  I can still access the archives at shooters.com but the only thing that shows up when I open that site is a post from mid January.... something about a 30" barrel.  It appears that is when posting stopped.  Is that what you people get.... or is something amiss with my system here?
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