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Old 08-07-2007 | 02:39 PM
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Anyone shoot the Great plains 385 gr out of thier inlines and what are the results. I was thinking of tying some out of my Apex and my knights. Also has anyone tryed the 285gr 45cal. Thanks Kerry
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Old 08-07-2007 | 02:47 PM
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The 385's shoot ok out of a Disc Extreme. The 285's are awful. They measure .458 and are very tight to load out of a .451 barrel. [:@]
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Old 08-07-2007 | 02:48 PM
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285 and 385s shoot great out of my winchester x-150 .50 cal and my deer creek .45 rifle. Results are 5/8" @ 100 yards with the 385s in my winchester. Your Apex should love them. I use either 80 grains pyrodex rs or 80 grains triple 7. I like the pyrodex RS better in my inline due to all 3 shots grouping while with triple 7 my first shot is always a little high while the next 2 are lower and are the groupers.
In my .45 the 285s were around a 1 1/2" group. I never played with them much due to the rifle loving the 225 grain powerbelts.
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Old 08-07-2007 | 08:16 PM
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The 410 gr. flat point shot great out of my cva last season. I haven't tried them out of my Knight yet. It's just been waaaay to hot to even think of going to the range lately.
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Old 08-08-2007 | 03:18 PM
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285 and 385s shoot great out of my winchester x-150 .50 cal and my deer creek .45 rifle. Results are 5/8" @ 100 yards with the 385s in my winchester.
What do you mean by this? Does that mean that you routinely shoot 5/8" groups or you did it once?
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Old 08-09-2007 | 04:13 PM
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5/8" groups has been the worse group i can shoot out of the x-150 with my 80 grains RS and a 385 GP conical. 5/8" is what i have been getting ever since i found this load. 1/2" was the best but that only happened once. I get disapointed if i dont shoot atleast a 5/8 or 7/8" group out of the x-150. I can easily expect and see a 1" group with a 295 powerbelt a 120grains loose RS. Lots of time invested finding these loads. Now its time to go shoot the .45 and dial in my final load that i will use.
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Old 08-09-2007 | 04:23 PM
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And that is without a scope right?
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Old 08-09-2007 | 04:29 PM
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correct. With a scope you could pretty much get them into the same hole if you did your part and the wind was on your side.

Truglow ghost ring sights were a huge help too.
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Old 08-09-2007 | 04:37 PM
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Sorry, I ain't believin.
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Old 08-09-2007 | 05:28 PM
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i expected that from your sorry.... Dont hate the player, hate the game
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