The Goose
NES Member
I know that my whacky posts only interest a few, but here goes anyway. I have been struggling for about 2 years now trying to get some decent accuracy from my old Snider Mk II in .577. I had two different bullet molds made in an attempt to replicate the original bullet. At best I have been able to keep my shots on a 12" target at 50 yards. So I decided to try something new. I loaded up 70 grs of 2F, some cotton ball filler, a wad, a grease cookie and then another wad and then just pressed a .595 round ball down with my thumb. Then I ran the loaded round up into the sizing die (sans decapper) and got just enough neck tension to hold the ball in place. Today I hit the range.
At 50 yards my first shot hit dead center. I was shocked and sorely tempted to just stop right there. I fired a second shot and went "damn" I missed the entire target. I went down range for a closer look and the second ball had passed through the same hole with just as slight tearing to one side. I went back and fired 3 more shots. The results are below. That is 5 shots at 50 yards. By the way I have a witness who was there also. Oh yeah, today is my 65th birthday and I guess this was my present. So after spending a few hundred dollars on custom molds the answer is a cheap round ball. Go figure.
At 50 yards my first shot hit dead center. I was shocked and sorely tempted to just stop right there. I fired a second shot and went "damn" I missed the entire target. I went down range for a closer look and the second ball had passed through the same hole with just as slight tearing to one side. I went back and fired 3 more shots. The results are below. That is 5 shots at 50 yards. By the way I have a witness who was there also. Oh yeah, today is my 65th birthday and I guess this was my present. So after spending a few hundred dollars on custom molds the answer is a cheap round ball. Go figure.