I got in a load of stuff yesterday, a couple scopes, four things of sabots, 180 grain Speer HP, and all sorts of other things I just decided I wanted. So last night I mounted the scope rail on my Green Mountain .45 caliber Stainless steel barrel and threw a Simmons 4x32mm scope on it.
I had a lot of things to do today, but cancelled all of them. Got to have some priorities. It was 28šs sunny, little wind, and that means shooting. I got out to the range and hiked through the thigh deep in spots snow to the target. It was 30 yards from the bench. Got back to the bench and with a snow shovel dug that out a little so I could sit down.
I then alcohol patched the Renegade with the Green Mountain Barrel, and popped a few caps. I loaded 85 grains of 3f Triple Seven powder and a 200 grain Hornady XTP in a light blue MMP sabot.
The MMP sabot was a real challenge to load, let me tell you. Good thing I ate my Wheaties today. WOW that loaded tight. Shot the first shot and it was low and left. So I made a massive scope adjustment and shot two more, swabbing between shots with alcohol. I noted I made too much of a correction. They hit high and not over to the right enough.
So I went into the house and got some Harvester Crushed Rib .45 caliber light blue sabots. I made another adjustment to the scope and shot five rounds, swabbing every other round.
That was not too bad. I was going to make another adjustment, but decided I did not like the scope rings I used last night. So instead I went in the house and remounted the scope with some quick release mounts.
Tomorrow I should get some things done, but if it is nice, I want to shoot again. As for this load... talk about a sweet load to shoot. Recoil on a scale of 1-10 is a 2 and hardly any barrel jump with that big stainless barrel. I did not that the barrel in the renegade stock was a little loose, so I shimmed it with some duct tape. Much better fit...
To nice not to shoot today
