I did some more shooting today with the bullets from Matt's. Had some time at mid-day and lot's of light so I hiked up to my range. I was really impressed with how well they shot. The best load for my gun was 8.8 grains of Longshot, WLP primers in Winchester brass. I didn't Chronograph them, but in the past this load has produced about 975fps with a 250 SWC.
At 50 yards I had some good groups, 3-4". With a center hold in the 6" bull of a NRA 100 yard Military rifle target they all stayed in the black, then I shot a cylinder full at a 10" white paper plate at the 100 yard line. 5 of the six rounds hit the plate with a center hold, the group was about 12". This was pretty interesting as all my other loads had been about 8" low @100 when sighted in @ 50. I shot a few rounds @ 25 yards, they were about 2" above point of aim.
I have a 10" gong @ 50 yards and another 10" gong @ 100 yards. A center hold gave me center hits on the 50 yard gong while a center hold gave me hits on the bottom half of the 100 yard gong. A slightly above center hold on the 100 yard gong gave me several strings with 4 hits out of 6 shots.
This is a really good performance for me.
Matt's bullets left very little leading, appears to be more of a smear of lube than a build up of lead. Accuracy didn't seem to degrade at all over 50 rounds.
I do believe this load will do anything I'd ask of a 44 special.
I'm gonna need a lot more of Matt's bullet's!
At 50 yards I had some good groups, 3-4". With a center hold in the 6" bull of a NRA 100 yard Military rifle target they all stayed in the black, then I shot a cylinder full at a 10" white paper plate at the 100 yard line. 5 of the six rounds hit the plate with a center hold, the group was about 12". This was pretty interesting as all my other loads had been about 8" low @100 when sighted in @ 50. I shot a few rounds @ 25 yards, they were about 2" above point of aim.
I have a 10" gong @ 50 yards and another 10" gong @ 100 yards. A center hold gave me center hits on the 50 yard gong while a center hold gave me hits on the bottom half of the 100 yard gong. A slightly above center hold on the 100 yard gong gave me several strings with 4 hits out of 6 shots.
This is a really good performance for me.
Matt's bullets left very little leading, appears to be more of a smear of lube than a build up of lead. Accuracy didn't seem to degrade at all over 50 rounds.
I do believe this load will do anything I'd ask of a 44 special.
I'm gonna need a lot more of Matt's bullet's!
