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Here’s a three-shot at 100 with the Patriot using the 225 grain .40 cal Fury Star-Tipped bullets pushed with 56 grains of IMR4198. The bullets rode in blue Harvester sabots. Snug loading but doable. The sabots came off the bullets fairly quickly and were located about 9 feet in front of the muzzle. None looked stressed. The Winchester 209 primers all shot clean. The powder left nothing in the barrel to speak of. I ran a patch down and back without pulling the plug and it came out looking like it did before the ride. There is nothing in the breech end that needs cleaning.
I used 200 grain .40 XTPs to get the rifle tuned in. Of course I screwed up. I used a 50 yard slow fire pistol target with a 6" black spot for the 5,6,7,8,9 and 10 rings. I shot the first shot and took a peek at the target thru the spotting scope. I saw a light hole low and right. I thought I did a better job on bore sighting, but one never knows how that will go when its just looking down the barrel and adjusting the scope to the spot you're looking at. I adjusted the scope according to that "hole". The second shot was high and left but quite a bit both ways. I walked down there to try and figure out how that could be and found that the first "hole" was nothing more than a spot of sunlight on the target and that I had way over compensated for the second shot. The first was actually only 2" high and 3" left, in the black and had I used a target spot like the one in the picture I'd have seen the first hole. [To self....take note!] So after farting around with six more shots using the XTPs I did this group in the picture after switching to the Furys..
I had 4 more charges weighed up but I needed to give the grandson's Omega .50 a couple loads to check it for him and the wind was really beginning to ramp up, so I called it a day. Next trip I'll be playing at 200 just for the heck of it.
So after having finally been able to shoot this critter, my thoughts are all positive. I really like the gun and how it handles at the range and an very appreciative of the weight. The recoil with this load it gets a tad punchy in a t-shirt after 11 rounds but isn't uncomfortable.
I used 200 grain .40 XTPs to get the rifle tuned in. Of course I screwed up. I used a 50 yard slow fire pistol target with a 6" black spot for the 5,6,7,8,9 and 10 rings. I shot the first shot and took a peek at the target thru the spotting scope. I saw a light hole low and right. I thought I did a better job on bore sighting, but one never knows how that will go when its just looking down the barrel and adjusting the scope to the spot you're looking at. I adjusted the scope according to that "hole". The second shot was high and left but quite a bit both ways. I walked down there to try and figure out how that could be and found that the first "hole" was nothing more than a spot of sunlight on the target and that I had way over compensated for the second shot. The first was actually only 2" high and 3" left, in the black and had I used a target spot like the one in the picture I'd have seen the first hole. [To self....take note!] So after farting around with six more shots using the XTPs I did this group in the picture after switching to the Furys..
I had 4 more charges weighed up but I needed to give the grandson's Omega .50 a couple loads to check it for him and the wind was really beginning to ramp up, so I called it a day. Next trip I'll be playing at 200 just for the heck of it.
So after having finally been able to shoot this critter, my thoughts are all positive. I really like the gun and how it handles at the range and an very appreciative of the weight. The recoil with this load it gets a tad punchy in a t-shirt after 11 rounds but isn't uncomfortable.
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