Ultralight Mountaineer First Look
12-31-2017, 05:30 AM
#12
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Southeast Michigan
Posts: 195
It's fun to shoot conicals anyways. They make nice big holes and depending on the tree-type trunk, those PA Conicals in lead displayed some awesome mushrooms. They just aren't long enough to use for 100 yards and beyond accurately, inside a 1-28 twist barrel.
I couldn't find them locally. Got them at the Hornady website a few years back. Dixie Gun Works sometimes sells them or similar.
Last edited by GoexBlackhorn; 12-31-2017 at 05:33 AM.
12-31-2017, 06:54 AM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Rapid City, South Dakota
Posts: 3,732
New Year!
02-06-2018, 09:33 AM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Rapid City, South Dakota
Posts: 3,732
Last Look
Have probably shot the rifle over 200 times; it was time for a new flash hole. Removed the brazed vent liner, and replaced it with a Holo-Krome screw with a 0.028" flash hole drilled through it.
Been shooting rifles almost every day this year. Some days were windy; some were bitter cold; on some it snowed. This morning was beautiful. There was zero breeze. Because it was only 13°, five shots were made from inside the truck, with one elbow on the window sill, and the other in the steering wheel. Range was 98 yard. Load was 250 grain XTP, 90 grain Blackhorn powder, short Harvester sabot, W209 primer.
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