Lewis' Grease groove bullets
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Lewis’ grease groove bullet . 80 gr powder , 50 cal felt wad triple 7 primer
knight Ultralight 1:20 twist. 300 yard gong. Wind was worse than I thought as I was way left on the gong. I didn’t realize how windy it was til I watched the video and saw the grass blowing. The ultralight I have is close to a true .450 or maybe .4505 as I sized the bullet to .4496 for a firm but slip fit .
I had a hard time trying to get this video stuff to work . Not to good in that area. Camera was my Nikon p900 with a 60x zoom . I didn’t chrono the bullet do it was just a wild guess . I was actually worried as the hole on the 100 yard target looked weird but it hit paper at 200 and then the gong but I want to shoot through some cardboard and see what the hole looks like. I think it might have just been the paper target that caused the tear in the hole
Last edited by 1874sharpsshooter; 08-28-2019 at 03:58 PM.
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Good Shootin my Friend!! I am REALLY Curious to see you Shoot Through a Piece of Cardboard, a Cardboard Backed Target. I can’t imagine your Gun Shooting this Bullet Different than both of my 1:20 Twists? I’m thinking you didn’t have the Paper Target Snug Tight against Backing? Any of these Round Nose Bullets, Be it Grease Groove or Paper patch leave a “Tear Hole” in the Target, Where a Bullet with a Decent Meplat will Punch a Perfect Hole that looks like it was made from a Hole Punch
Zoomed in on the right hole, You can see where the Bullet entered at the Bottom.

Zoomed in on the right hole, You can see where the Bullet entered at the Bottom.

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The target is stapled to a pallet. I think it right over the gap between boards of the pallet. I will use a sold backer next time out . Besides if it wasn’t shooting good it sure wouldn’t have hit the gong I don’t think



