I shoot into a 12x12" cardboard boxed filled with damp sand that i strain out by hand. I try to get all the smaller rocks/sticks out that i can but a few always slip in time to time. try to do my best.

Steve, Ive shot the BS conicals before out of my winchester, Dan used a lyman mold and sized them to .501 and some .502's. The lyman mold he used was around 390 grain and they shot good with 80 grains Pyrodex RS. I never got to play with them much after that. Powerbelts always shot best in that x-150 along with the great plains conicals.

May have to buy an assortment of BS conicals in .45 so i can try them out in that apex. Hope he has something that will work.

Also forgot to add that the powerbelts with charges from 80-100 grains penetrate 6 1/2 to 7" on sand.