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09-23-2011 | 11:54 AM

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cayugad

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Remington Genesis with pure lead Keith Nose bullets

This is my .50 caliber Remington Genesis. It has a stainless steel barrel, 1-28 twist, and sports a Nikon Omega 3-9x40mm scope. It is one of my favorite sabot shooters. Don't let the picture of the rifle fool you. That was take a while back. Today I had an urge to shoot, but Mother Nature had an urge to keep me in the house. I looked outside and a fine mist was falling. Any colder and it would have been snow. It was 50 degrees and to be honest, with the dampness and temps, just a little cold. But since it was misting, I figured.. why not shoot.

So I grabbed the Remington, some Pyrodex RS powder, Winchester W209 primers, patches, some Rusty Duck to swab with, and an assortment of different projectiles I wanted to shoot. I ran out and the target stand was at 75 yards and to me, that is plenty far. So I set my target. Most my shots are 50 or under. But the rifle card said the rifle was sighted in at 75 yards, so this should be fun.

I got the rifle all prepared and reached into the shooting bag and grabbed some .430 diameter all lead, Keith nose bullets and green harvester crushed rib sabots. I checked my notes and it said this bullet liked 105 grains of loose Pyrodex RS. So I set my T/C view through measure and poured my first charge.

These bullets with that sabot load real easy, but I have shot them before and normally they are very accurate.

On a clean barrel the first shot was the furthest to the right and the lowest. Right next to the bull. Now on a clean barrel this might be ok. But I swabbed the barrel and shot the next. Right on top of the first. So I swabbed again and the third stacked it. All three just to the right of dead center bull at 75 yards. So I gave the Nikon Omega three clicks to move the POI to the left.

It was now no longer misting but a steady drizzle. I was cursing the weather because I had a lot of things I wanted to shoot. So I shot the next one after the scope adjustment. Bulls eye far right. Swabbed and shot again, this time bulls eye to the left. Next one was half the two but in the bulls eye.

I had just gotten the rifle swabbed clean to change bullets when Mother Nature really threw me a curve and opened the sky up. Now I could sit in the rain, shoot and probably catch a cold. Or call it a day after six shots and shoot another day.

I went inside and cleaned my rifle. No fancy powders, no fancy bullets made of brass or copper.. just lead. But I am sure this would plant any deer that got in front of me. Of course the second I got the rifle cleaned and back on the gun wall. The sun came out and it stopped raining...

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