CB
posted this
23 August 2009
Flash
I think you are doing just fine. Don't change anything. If you are getting shots outside your main grouping there are several things you can work on. Cleaning your barrel and practicing trigger pull are a few. Make sure you aren't canting the gun once in awhile. This can move shots off at angles from the previous shot. If shooting off sand bags lightly tap your buttstock in the bag before you start a group this settles everything down including you. Shooting for group at any distance is a matter of self control some call it gun control whatever but better shooters have this presence around shooting sitting down or standing up.
I have made and shot many thousands of 225415. Your desire for a squirrel load is straight out of the 'Handbook of Cast Bullets' Lyman 1958. On page 95 for those that have the book Mr Lark achieved 3/4” accuracy at 50 yd using hard lead with 225415 mold using 4 grn of Unique. Flash as to your question about using fillers like Kapok I don't feel such have ever proved of any value. In the days when my Lyman Manuals were written if a guy used a filler he said so. No mention of a filler used by Mr. Lark.
Mr Lark must have been a pretty good shooter. He obviously had good bench techniques and a presence of the wind either using windflags or watching environmental signs such as a local tree or such maybe the sleeve on his own shirt. Me I watch the windflags and the gals dresses if close by.
Flash leave your load alone and practice good bench techniques. I bet you are having trouble controling your trigger also at times as shots 1 and 5 indicate. Mr Miagi always said focus Daniel Son focus.
Stephen Perry
Angeles BR:fire