MountainDevil54

I cleaned out my 100 yard sand bucket this evening after i was finished shooting. Pyrodex RS with these bullets rocked big time. APP 2F did better, slightly better. With APP i had 3 bullets touching and with RS my last 2 shots were touching and the first shot was just maybe under 1" away from the other 2 shots (Yes im shooting with a scope)

Heres a few that i pulled out of the target at 100 yards.

360gr Lee Minie
Recovered weights: 354 - 354 - 359 grains.


No cracks in the skirts,


i forget what the weight of this nosler was but its now 224 grains.

txhunter58

Dang good shooting. Looks like those minnies would do the job on just about anything

bronko22000

those bullets do look good. What cal?

MountainDevil54

those are .500" 50cal minies

Semisane

I sure like the look of those Minies Devil. Those suckers have a nice thick skirt. How much are you selling sample packs of a dozen for?

cherokee75

Mnt. Devil,
I have some of those I ordered on ebay from a guy and have yet to shoot them. What rifle did you use and how many grains of RS? Also, I have read where some people put bore butter or something in the base. Did you put anything between the powder and bullet?

MountainDevil54

cva accura, 68.4 grains (Weight) = (100gr volume) RS, CCI Inline mzl primers. No wad or bore butter. Just lube the gooves (lee alox) let it dry over night and you're good to go.

rafsob

Forgive me if you stated, but did you cast these yourself? I like the minis' performance at 100 yds.

I don't think many people can say much against them s far as expansion!

MountainDevil54

yep i use lead pipe lead. Also made some from powerbelt lead too.

bleeohio

Seeing these minies got me to lookin.. One, of my other hobbies is metal detecting. My brother and i have a place we hunt in Ky, not to far from the battle of perryville. Between us over the last few years we have found some great relics. Among them, the most common are the dropped, pulled, chewed minies, bucky balls. Some are carved into objects, buttons, checkers. But they are always fun to find. I like checking out the pulled ones as some have rifling on them. I like the big 69 cals., can't imagine getting hit by one. Anyways, couldn't help notice the similarities.