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06-28-2006 | 03:03 PM

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cayugad

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Big Conicals out of a GMB

I was out earlier this morning shooting some old sabots off with one of the rifle and got rained out. So I cleaned the rifle. Then the rain stopped so I decided I would start shooting again. After all I had not made enough smoke or noise.

The barrelis a Green Mountain Barrel with a 1-28 twist. It is 28" stainless steel barrel with open sights, and mounted on a Thompson Center Renegade stock.

This time I wanted to see how BullShop 496 NEW conicals which I think are actually a 500 grain, would shoot. I had some of them around since my White did not like them as well as the other conicals.

So I loaded the rifle with 70 grains of Goex 3f, and two fiber wads with the big lead on top. I was using CCI Magnum #11 caps. The hits with the Bullshop conicals are marked with the letter C. There are actually two groups there, as when I saw they were hitting to the left, I adjusted the POI and then they started hitting the bull.

I then found an old box of some No Excuse 495 grain conicals that had been hiding on me, so I gave them a try out of the rifle with the same load. They did real well also.

These bullshop conicals load real solid in the Green Mountain Barrel since they are .504 while the .503 No Excuse could be pushed in the barrel with a thumb, but seemed to stay real well.

What would someone guess is the speed of that conical with 70 grains of Goex 3f? I actually own two of these stainless steel barrels and have considered mounting a RED DOT on one of the barrels for our muzzleloader season. One of them has not been shot, but I am sure it would be a good shooter as well.

Great bullets!!! Then I had to clean the rifle for the second time today..

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