38ExtraSpecial
NES Member
woo hoo!!
i took 65 of these to the range yesterday
200 grains HP sized to .453 (bore slugs .452)
cast from air cooled WW
loaded over 4.5 grains bullseye
half lubed with javelina half lubed with BAC
i wanted to rapid fire through them and get back to what i was doing, all i wanted to do was test for function in my S&W 1911 and to see if there was any leading.
i was very happy with the results. rapid fire through 65 rounds at 10 yards was all in an 8 1/2"X11" target paper i had. it was a nice light load and i found it very easy to get back on target. Much nicer than my normal loads with 230 grains bullets.
i did have some leading in the first 1/8" of rifling. i did some reading and it seems like i might be off on a few things. i figure jumping up the load a little more might aid in getting rid of that, or i can use 50/50 alloy to possible get some better obturation or maybe a softer lube to help with that too? who knows.
i'm vey happy with the results though.
thanks to all of you here that helped me get set up and helped teach me.