Shooting Blk. Dia.
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Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Land of Rocks, Ozarks of Mo.
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Shooting Blk. Dia.
Did not have alot of time, but did shoot 5 times. I shot 3 PRB's at 25 yds with scope on 3x on sand bags. Group was 2" at 60 gr of 3F Goex. I got out 3 GP conicals 385 gr same 60 gr at 25 yds. I shot twice because one hit a touch high of my dot. The 2nd hit 8" left of the 1st shot. With a 2 shot group that wide at 25 yds its not worth my time nor powder to shoot the 3rd shot. So now i can bump the powder charge up to 65 gr n give it a try with the 385 gr Gp's. They are short in length n the 1:28 maybe abit too fast for them. I have 14 more to see if the group will show promise.
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Nontypical Buck
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Can we say nut pulling the trigger ? Yeah i have a set of scope rings that allow a person to quick release. I did not have those very tight maybe abit loose from my last cleaning yrs ago. Found it out when i cleaned my T/C. Brain cells having short circuits. So when i try it the next time i will have the scope rings tight
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Did not have alot of time, but did shoot 5 times. I shot 3 PRB's at 25 yds with scope on 3x on sand bags. Group was 2" at 60 gr of 3F Goex. I got out 3 GP conicals 385 gr same 60 gr at 25 yds. I shot twice because one hit a touch high of my dot. The 2nd hit 8" left of the 1st shot. With a 2 shot group that wide at 25 yds its not worth my time nor powder to shoot the 3rd shot. So now i can bump the powder charge up to 65 gr n give it a try with the 385 gr Gp's. They are short in length n the 1:28 maybe abit too fast for them. I have 14 more to see if the group will show promise.
This picture attempts to explain part of the problem when shooting a full bore conical from a TC barrel
Do you have any sabots and bullet you could load into your rifle?
And as in your last post - tightening the scope down could also help.
#5
Nontypical Buck
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With a 1-28 bore I am surprised you got the PRB's to shoot decently even at 25 yards. The 385 coniclas should shoot very well from a 1-28 but... the QLA on the barrel my be causing you some of the problems.
This picture attempts to explain part of the problem when shooting a full bore conical from a TC barrel
Do you have any sabots and bullet you could load into your rifle?
And as in your last post - tightening the scope down could also help.
This picture attempts to explain part of the problem when shooting a full bore conical from a TC barrel
Do you have any sabots and bullet you could load into your rifle?
And as in your last post - tightening the scope down could also help.
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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smokepolehall
There is a way to use TC barrels to shoot lead bullets. As far as I know there was only one batch that was off center bur when the gas pushing the bullet goes around it at the end of the barrel it throws the bullet off center. The easy way to defeat that is to load the powder then put a wad at the base of the qla and fill the qla with cornmeal or similar to take up the space put on an other wad then the bullet..
There is a way to use TC barrels to shoot lead bullets. As far as I know there was only one batch that was off center bur when the gas pushing the bullet goes around it at the end of the barrel it throws the bullet off center. The easy way to defeat that is to load the powder then put a wad at the base of the qla and fill the qla with cornmeal or similar to take up the space put on an other wad then the bullet..
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smokepolehall
There is a way to use TC barrels to shoot lead bullets. As far as I know there was only one batch that was off center bur when the gas pushing the bullet goes around it at the end of the barrel it throws the bullet off center. The easy way to defeat that is to load the powder then put a wad at the base of the qla and fill the qla with cornmeal or similar to take up the space put on an other wad then the bullet..
There is a way to use TC barrels to shoot lead bullets. As far as I know there was only one batch that was off center bur when the gas pushing the bullet goes around it at the end of the barrel it throws the bullet off center. The easy way to defeat that is to load the powder then put a wad at the base of the qla and fill the qla with cornmeal or similar to take up the space put on an other wad then the bullet..
#10
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2017
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The old man cut his off of that pro hunter barrel and put a recessed 11 degree crown in it. That barrel will shoot just about anything you can stuff down it including PRB's. He really loved shooting the big nasty conical bullets out of that thing. I would fix those ring issues first and see if the fixes you up but I would also look into getting it cut and crowned getting rid of that stupid QLA crap.