linoww
posted this
26 February 2008
I have shot thousands and thousands of 9.2 grains of Unique with Lyman 311410 130 gr. plain based pointed bullet in my 30 06. I vaguely remember clicking up the rear sight to 200 or 300 yards to flatten out the point of impact. My group in a 100 yards shooting on sandbags would be 1 inch to 1-½ inches.
I have shot the 311410 quite a bit.its not to bad of a bullet .Although i never have gotten the accuracy you were getting in iron sighted guns! It's been about a 2-2.5MOA bullet at best in my 30 caliber mil guns and thats good enough for awful-hand practice or can plinking.I'll have to try your Unique load.I now use 700X for my lower velocity stuff or 2400 for a bit more.
This was 25 years ago but I remember standing up and whacking the 200 yard plate of steel with all five. String after string leaving brass scattered all around me, and a big grin on my face. The plate was 18 inches wide by 24 long.
We have a full sized deer sil-o-et at 200 meters that i bang away at with my PB 30 loads in my 1903.Thats as fun as it gets.
You should try the SAECO #630 (140g Flat point plain base).Its a real gem and i find it shoots well enough in many 30 caliber guns.A plus is you can get it in a 4 cavity!!
MY 308241 8 cavity lyman Armory mold i just purchased is doing about 2.5"@ 100(10 shot groups) out of a scoped accurate 30-30.I just cast another 400 and segregated them into groups of 8 from each pour. I want to shoot one from each hole and see how they group as a “team"I then plan to shoot one cavity singly and see what happens.Alot of work,but I want to use the data in an article I am trying to write.Nobody would publish or read it,but its still fun to try<G>
George
"if it was easy we'd let women do it" don't tell my wife I said that!