Today's Range Report

by Dave B , Alamogordo New Mexico, Sunday, November 02, 2014, 21:22 (3614 days ago)

Windy, dusty, turned rainy, went and shot the 454 anyhow. I'm definitely backing off the load with both the 355gr and the 335gr HP, haven't run them over a chrony, but judging by the recoil, they are moving. The 335gr HP over 18 grains of 2400 was very manageable, and grouped 3 shots into 3/4" at 25 yards, the 4th was fired into what was left of our Jack O'Lantern, recovered 14" into the dirt after a mere 3" of pumpkin. Wish I would have gotten a picture of my target, or been able to bring it home for my catalog, but it is probably still flying. The 45 Colt cases with max 45 Colt loads performed much better than expected, accuracy was as good as with 454 cases, especially the 45-270SAA bullets and 2400. Plan on trying H110 next outing, then see about testing at 65 yards again. Wind was blowing left to right at 25-35kts.