Ivan the Butcher
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Years ago, a friend and I were lying side by side on a hill crest and playing a game of "Whomping Rocks" with our Hornet Contenders. Mine was 10" Bull and his was a Super 14. I noticed that his was so much quieter than mine and the time of flight seemed so much longer on his. The game is to shoot a rock at an unknown distance until it breaks.
I was using reloads with 35 grain Hornady V-Max over H4227 @ 3150fps. Come to find out his gun shot unbelievably small groups! But his velocity was not much over 22 LR speed! I could see very small chips fly off the rock when I shot. I could see the rock move under his impacts, but that game would have lasted years with his ammo!
I wonder how much velocity you lose to the cylinder gap on a revolver?
I don't know how accurate the later Charging Hornet revolvers were, but the first batch (with good brass) were sub 1" at 100 yards. I'm positive Ruger could do it, but only if they really wanted to!
Ivan
I was using reloads with 35 grain Hornady V-Max over H4227 @ 3150fps. Come to find out his gun shot unbelievably small groups! But his velocity was not much over 22 LR speed! I could see very small chips fly off the rock when I shot. I could see the rock move under his impacts, but that game would have lasted years with his ammo!
I wonder how much velocity you lose to the cylinder gap on a revolver?
I don't know how accurate the later Charging Hornet revolvers were, but the first batch (with good brass) were sub 1" at 100 yards. I'm positive Ruger could do it, but only if they really wanted to!
Ivan
