Load Details

[Kurt]

Dick.

Here is the run down on the load.
The bullet is a BACO .444 money bullet 1.504 long. 538 gr.
18 # lead 1 roll 95% tin 5% antimony. 95/5 Oatey solder.
7-1/2# Southworth 8D Parchment Deed paper .0018" 100% cotton Cockle finish.
Patched to .451
Rem Brass 2.1 long full length sized with a WLR primer.
82 gr. of 1.5 KIK compressed .195"
Bullet seated in the case .150" light taper crimp holding it so it wont drop out.
3 wads .025 over the powder .060 cork .460" diameter .012 card under the bullet. No lube used.
The .025" wad is cut from Karropak gasket stock from Napa. very soft so it expands under pressure.
The cork is cut from a dense gasket stock from Tractor Supply.
The .012 is cut from pretty fluorescent pink and yellow poster stock from Staples.

I have shot several 10 shot groups over 7 different days at 200 yds with most shots in a tight cluster of 1.5" but some walked out to 3.5"
Conditions were good nothing more then 10 mph winds but heavy overcast mostly and some days light rain. So it was most likely bad breaks do to vision.

I will find out this weekend how it hold up at Creedmoor ranges.

Kurt