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Old 09-20-2004 | 04:11 AM
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From: A flat lander lost in the mountains of Northern,AZ
Default RE: Traditions Inline Pistols

I had time today to hit the range, and on the way i stopped and picked up a box of Hornady 200 grain HP/XTP 44 cal, with the thought maybe those 245 grain wadcutters may not do very good in the buck hunter. I was thinkin if you could increase the velocity or use a lighter bullet it would be easier to stablize the bullet. the wadcutters worked awesome in my rifle shot three consecutive groups at 100 yards all around 2 inches the best group was 1 and 1/2 inch and the wurst was 2 and 1/2 inch. but the buck hunter on the otherhand at 25 yards with the saboted wadcutter and 60 grains pyrodex was horrible I couldnt for the life of me even backing it off to 50 grains it would not group better then 5 inches. I then tried the 200 grain 44 cal HP/XTP's in the same sabots i was using the wadcutters in by the way the sabots were Hornady 50 cal #6750 green .50/.44 (.430) sabots, the 200 grainers worked good with 50 grains the best group was 2 inches then I moved the charge up to 60 the best group was 3 holes touching. I then tried it with a 70 grain charge had what would have been a 2 inch group but had 1 flyer, then tried again and had a little over a 2 inch group. im thinkin these buck hunters do the best with a moderate charge and lighter bullets, it shot the best today ever since i bought it 2 years ago. untill today I thought a 2 inch group was the best I would ever get at 25 yards.
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