75 yards, .440 home cast PRB

frontier gander · 02-03-2008, 03:39 PM

75 yards today, 60 grains pyrodex p, .015 ox yoke patch lubed with crisco. I used the side of a tree branch to rest my rifle stock on. Not that great of a rest when there are 25-30MPH wind gusts lol.
#1 shot i pulled up on and was my fault.
#2 was good i was happy
#3 and #4 i was whistling dixie.
#5 i said a few swear words when the rifle hang fired. That was my fault, i didnt tip the rifle to the side when i pushed the load down.

Might go do some more shooting tomorrow if the wind is calm. But shots 3 and 4 show me that i have an accurate load.

wabi · 02-03-2008, 04:29 PM

With that wind I'd be happy to just hit the target! Looks like you might be on to something with that load.

frontier gander · 02-03-2008, 04:38 PM

Yeah hopefully it will be calmer out tomorrow. I need to build some shooting sticks so i can rest my rifle better. Its perfectly dead on out to 75 yards. Maybe a 100 yards but i darn sure wasnt going to try this today in this wind

cayugad · 02-03-2008, 08:33 PM

When shooting patched roundball, any kind of group in a strong wind is good. People really need to remember wind. Especially when hunting. It looks like you have a good load there.

frontier gander · 02-03-2008, 10:58 PM

I am going to try 3 shots tomorrow with a wad and compair. Suppost to snow tonight but who knows.