I finally got out to the range this morning to shoot my Great Plains with the new 50 cal Hunter barrel. It was bright and sunny and 31 when I headed out to the range and the road in was frozen but looked like it had been a bit muddy from previous days of warmth. I'll get back to that later.

I only had 7 460gr No Excuses left and I wanted to try those out first. I decided to open up my new jug of 777 3F just because I like 3F powders in my sidelocks. I also decided to try 70 grains as a first load. I was not disapointed as the picture below shows.



It took 4 shots to get the 57 peep zeroed 1" high at 25 yards. I then moved to the 75 yard target and shotthe above3 shot group of .780" outside to outside. So if I take 1 caliber off of that it works out to .280" group (did I do the math right?). Man was I stoked. This is the first time I've really tried a peep sight and I was shocked how well it worked. The orange dot is 2" in diameter and was kind of hard to see at 75 yards but it must have been good enough. The left hole was the first shot, the other 2 were virtually the same hole. I did swab between shots and had a slight hang fire on the second one.

I also tried some Buffalo 285SSB's and found that the sabots must be a bit small for the GPH. They slid down easier than the NE's, too easy. With 90gr of powder they shot a group of about 14" at 75 yards. Need to work on those some more. That all took a bit over and hour and I was concerned about the fact that it was warming up and could get muddy so I packed up and started for home.

Back to the road goingout ofthe range. On my way out the temp had risen to about 45 and the road had turn into a mud hole. I almost made it to the top of the hill then got stuck in a rut and lost traction. I tried to back up and get another try when my rear tires jumped out of the rut and slid right off the road and into about 12 to 14 inches of snow. I was not getting out of that without help. I had to walk about a half mile to the nearest house to call someone to come pull me out. Since I am now typing this you cansee they were able to get me unstuck. He had chains on his 4x4 that I didn't have and he just barely got me out.

That was my adventure for the day. I think I will wait a little longer for the mud to dry up before going out again. Next time I should have my new chronograph that just shipped today.