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Some members of the forum who own a Genesis, expressed the desire to see what happens in my Genesis, shooting 110 grains of Blackhorn 209 and some Shockwaves. So I remembered I had some 250 grain shockwaves around and it was a nice day.. so what the heck.
Rifle: Remington Genesis. 50 caliber stainless steel barrel
Scope: Nikon Omega 3-9x40mm no BDC
Powder: Blackhorn 209 110 grains measured by volume measure
Primers: CCI
Distance: 52 yards and 86 yards
Bullet: 250 grain Shockwaves & 250 grain SST
Sabots: MMP HPH 24 & 12
Weather: windy, sunny, 30 degrees
To prepare the rifle I followed the advise of a forum member. I dry patched the barrel. And then I shot off three CCI primers. After that I loaded as normal.
The first up was the Shockwaves in a HPH 24 sabot.
That first shot shocked me. In fact after I fired, I kept checking the bullseye with the scope and could not see where it was on the target. So I walked up there and "a" was there. I really was at a loss as to why. Every thing felt right when I made the shot.
b-d were the next three shots. And I was very pleased with the group. Although surprised they were that high. I expected them lower for some reason.
1-4 was shot with SSTs. The difference, the red plastic nose, as the Shockwaves have a yellow, hard nose I think. Also I went to a tighter, thicker sabot the HPH 12 thinking that with this powder I tight sabot would be the most accurate. Why #2 happened is anyone guess.
I had one misfire or mis primer you could say. Shot #a went off fine. loaded again, pulled the trigger, the primer went off, the rifle failed to fire. I took the ramrod and checked the projectile. it was still on the powder charge. New primer. Fired like a spring day for shot #b. The only misfire all day.
This photo is for a forum member that wanted to know how I stop all the bullets I shoot. Well they have to go through the target, then through Spruce blocks, through steel pressure tanks and finally hit some 3/4 inch hardened steel plate. As you might see, a few of the trees have been hit. Actually that entire range was "cut down" with gun fire you might say. As I shot at a sand trap in the early beginings.. the trees were hit and came down. So I loaded then as a back stop and would shoot through them and cut more trees down. The chain saw finally made the range what it is today.. so there you go.
I hung a one gallon paint can on the very back stop. Knowing the rifle hit high at 50 yards I figured there would be a heck of a drop at this distance. Wrong again. My first POA was just under the large letter C. Shot #1 kind of surprised me. So I picked a new spot on the can and shot #2. Actually I was trying to dot the I but when I put the mark on it, on my editing software, it shifted and I never caught it. So the new POA was dotting the I. I then fired #3 but could not see the hit. Does #2 look like a double hit?
#4 was all my fault. I rushed the shot. Also it was the last shockwave. So I could not see if I could correct my mistake. I might have missed that can with #3 but I did not think so, as I was sure it was wiggling, looking through the scope.
So there you have it .. 110 grains of BH 209 out of a Genesis with Shockwaves and as an added bonus SSTs. I will not the different POI with the shockwaves and the SSTs. That might be caused by the different sabots though...
Rifle: Remington Genesis. 50 caliber stainless steel barrel
Scope: Nikon Omega 3-9x40mm no BDC
Powder: Blackhorn 209 110 grains measured by volume measure
Primers: CCI
Distance: 52 yards and 86 yards
Bullet: 250 grain Shockwaves & 250 grain SST
Sabots: MMP HPH 24 & 12
Weather: windy, sunny, 30 degrees
To prepare the rifle I followed the advise of a forum member. I dry patched the barrel. And then I shot off three CCI primers. After that I loaded as normal.
The first up was the Shockwaves in a HPH 24 sabot.
That first shot shocked me. In fact after I fired, I kept checking the bullseye with the scope and could not see where it was on the target. So I walked up there and "a" was there. I really was at a loss as to why. Every thing felt right when I made the shot.
b-d were the next three shots. And I was very pleased with the group. Although surprised they were that high. I expected them lower for some reason.
1-4 was shot with SSTs. The difference, the red plastic nose, as the Shockwaves have a yellow, hard nose I think. Also I went to a tighter, thicker sabot the HPH 12 thinking that with this powder I tight sabot would be the most accurate. Why #2 happened is anyone guess.
I had one misfire or mis primer you could say. Shot #a went off fine. loaded again, pulled the trigger, the primer went off, the rifle failed to fire. I took the ramrod and checked the projectile. it was still on the powder charge. New primer. Fired like a spring day for shot #b. The only misfire all day.
This photo is for a forum member that wanted to know how I stop all the bullets I shoot. Well they have to go through the target, then through Spruce blocks, through steel pressure tanks and finally hit some 3/4 inch hardened steel plate. As you might see, a few of the trees have been hit. Actually that entire range was "cut down" with gun fire you might say. As I shot at a sand trap in the early beginings.. the trees were hit and came down. So I loaded then as a back stop and would shoot through them and cut more trees down. The chain saw finally made the range what it is today.. so there you go.
I hung a one gallon paint can on the very back stop. Knowing the rifle hit high at 50 yards I figured there would be a heck of a drop at this distance. Wrong again. My first POA was just under the large letter C. Shot #1 kind of surprised me. So I picked a new spot on the can and shot #2. Actually I was trying to dot the I but when I put the mark on it, on my editing software, it shifted and I never caught it. So the new POA was dotting the I. I then fired #3 but could not see the hit. Does #2 look like a double hit?
#4 was all my fault. I rushed the shot. Also it was the last shockwave. So I could not see if I could correct my mistake. I might have missed that can with #3 but I did not think so, as I was sure it was wiggling, looking through the scope.
So there you have it .. 110 grains of BH 209 out of a Genesis with Shockwaves and as an added bonus SSTs. I will not the different POI with the shockwaves and the SSTs. That might be caused by the different sabots though...