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01-31-2006 | 02:00 PM

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cayugad

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245 grain Ball-ets for fun

Idecided to try the 245 grain Ball-ets today. I started off with 80 grains of Goex 2f and a MMP sub base under them. The accuracy was outstanding. I then switched over to 80 grains of Pyrodex RS and noticed the accuracy slipped a little. Since I was having so much fun with the Goex 2f I just kept shooting and they just kept going in the same hole. I was amazed. The little Knight Wolverine LK-II behaved flawless. Granted this was only 30 yards off a bench, but the way the ball-ets were grouping was amazing. I wish I'd kept track of the number of them I actually shot. I was swabbing about every fourthshot.

I then stuck another dot up and got out some Pinnacle 3f and jumped it to 85 grains. I swabbed the barrel real good and was shocked at how much difference the Pinnacle did with the accuracy. I was sure it was not me, as the group was nice and tight but just not where it should be.

So I swabbed the barrel clean and went to 85 grains of Triple Se7en which although a little high shot real well actually. So we dug out the Pyrodex P and that like the RS shot to the right a little bit. All in all it was a lot of fun.

I was real impressed with the way the ballets shot using Goex 2f. It would make an excellent little deer load for a person that did not want to spend a lot of money on projectiles. Although I think the 270 grain Ballets shot a better group then the 245 grain...

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