218 Bee Range Report
6pt-sika said:
I have CL's in 218 and 25-20. They both shoot jacketed loads well but my cast bullets are a lot of fun also
Casting 22 and 25 cal slugs are not the easiest but I still enjoy it :!:
Gents,
Got some brass and with some of the Hornday 45gr HP Bee's and the Speer 46gr FP loaded over some 410 and Fed small rifle match primers + a new Bushnell Banner 1.5x4.5 'shotgun scope' mounted, made it to the range with the 'new' CL.
Bloody cold, and it took a while to get the scope dialed in. But as I approached the end of my test rounds, I was confident enough to move onto the 100 yd dirt bank, and proceeded to nail a clay bird. This from elbows off the bench, the first strike left mebbe a 1-2" piece still visible, bang,,,,,,,, no more bits to shoot at, {
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No clocking of the loads yet, but of note is that the Alliant 410 powder is temperature sensitive,,,,,,,, the colder it gets, the hotter IT gets. Something that the Alliant rep had warned me could potentially be the case, something to do with the way the nitroglycerine responds to cold. I'll back off a bit and get the Chrony out.
6pt, I'm casting for the 25-20 with good results, but sheesh,,,,,, 22 cal boolits are gonna' be innerestin'.
The gun is basically brand new, and there was still some swarf in the action and trigger. Gave it a preliminary clean and lube, and lotsa' action cycles.
Polishing of the various moving parts will clearly pay, and the sear is still a bit 'graunchy', but it will clearly respond to progressive fine tuning.
Fun gun! Looks to be a real shooter.
Cheers all,
R*2