Shooting Groups
Jun. 6th, 2011 02:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stickmakerWow. First time out shooting in a week and a half. Tried three new .32 H&R Magnum 115 grain handloads, comparing them to the Bitterroot Valley factory 100 grain load. I followed my normal practice of shooting two five-shot groups at twenty-five yards from a rest and taking the best five holes.
First load was nothing spectacular, producing a 3" group 1" high.
Second load was better, with a 2" group 2" right and 1" high.
The third load, though... 5.1 grains of Blue Dot behind a 115 grain lead flat point bullet produced a group just over an inch across, 1" right and 2" high.
I have read that the maximum load of Blue Dot for a 115 grain lead alloy bullet is 5.5 grains. The 5.1 was already just a bit hot, and very accurate. Think I'll make up a bunch of these and try a more thorough test. :-)
First load was nothing spectacular, producing a 3" group 1" high.
Second load was better, with a 2" group 2" right and 1" high.
The third load, though... 5.1 grains of Blue Dot behind a 115 grain lead flat point bullet produced a group just over an inch across, 1" right and 2" high.
I have read that the maximum load of Blue Dot for a 115 grain lead alloy bullet is 5.5 grains. The 5.1 was already just a bit hot, and very accurate. Think I'll make up a bunch of these and try a more thorough test. :-)
