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Finally got the chance to do some testing today. After Mother Nature tried to wash us off the Map with 13.5" of rain in about 4 to 5 hours last Wednesday! :shock:
Anyway today was a nice day till about noon when the wind really got moving but still a great day out. I have been working on making and testing some new cases made from 38 spl brass that I had to shorten and also open up the primer pockets to accept the Large Rifle primer for the MK-95 (.50 & .54 cals). These rifles use a Speer 38spl Plastic Training case with LRMP in place of the "209 Disc". I made up some and went out to try them and see if they sealed up good and to also test some new bullets in the .54cal. Last Spring I had contacted Verel Smith of LBT and had a custom .500 smooth sided bullet mould made. I sent him 3 different bullets and had a couple phone calls to settle on the design I wanted. I picked up some Lead back in Ohio from a friend hoping it was close to Pure, but turned out to be a bit harder than I really want. Pure tests at 5BHN and these are right at 8.5BHN. I sent IdahoRon a couple of my old favorite Knight Lead bullets to test and they tested out at between 9 and 9.5BHN. Well I could not stand it anymore and cast some up last weekend and shot a few today. I really just wanted to see how the design of the bullet would shoot. I have to say I am pretty pleased with the results and really like the look of the bullet. I also shot the 5 rounds from my 50cal testing some of the new cases I made. Unfortunately there is enough difference in the actions that these cases have to be individually fit to the rifle. All shooting was done at 50 yards today. I plan to fine tune the sight in in the fall, but it's close enough while I am testing things, plus I am very low on powder.
Here are the MK-95 Brothers. The .54 has the camo stock.
Load was 69gn Weighted of BH209, 300gn Swift A-Frame with supplied sabot and CCI LRMP.
This was the first target for my new bullets from the .54 cal. I shot 5 rounds in the upper group and it was totally the shooters fault that shot 4 went to the right. I ain't perfect! The lower 3 shot group was shot just holding a bit low. I dropped one just a bit
Load was again 69gn Weighted of BH-209, CCI LRMP, MMP Purple 50x54 sabot and my new Lead bullet (326.5gn). First 3 shots tore a small (for .500 bullet) cloverleaf and I was really having trouble trying not to smile too big! Then Buggered up the 4th shot. :lol: Oh well.
After a Target change I shot 5 more with the same load. I had a little issue wiggling a bit so it looks like 2 groups. I confess it was all me but still got a pretty big smile at how these new Lead bullets shot for me.
Last but not least is a picture of My new bullets. Now to get me a good supply of Pure lead to try out.
Anyway today was a nice day till about noon when the wind really got moving but still a great day out. I have been working on making and testing some new cases made from 38 spl brass that I had to shorten and also open up the primer pockets to accept the Large Rifle primer for the MK-95 (.50 & .54 cals). These rifles use a Speer 38spl Plastic Training case with LRMP in place of the "209 Disc". I made up some and went out to try them and see if they sealed up good and to also test some new bullets in the .54cal. Last Spring I had contacted Verel Smith of LBT and had a custom .500 smooth sided bullet mould made. I sent him 3 different bullets and had a couple phone calls to settle on the design I wanted. I picked up some Lead back in Ohio from a friend hoping it was close to Pure, but turned out to be a bit harder than I really want. Pure tests at 5BHN and these are right at 8.5BHN. I sent IdahoRon a couple of my old favorite Knight Lead bullets to test and they tested out at between 9 and 9.5BHN. Well I could not stand it anymore and cast some up last weekend and shot a few today. I really just wanted to see how the design of the bullet would shoot. I have to say I am pretty pleased with the results and really like the look of the bullet. I also shot the 5 rounds from my 50cal testing some of the new cases I made. Unfortunately there is enough difference in the actions that these cases have to be individually fit to the rifle. All shooting was done at 50 yards today. I plan to fine tune the sight in in the fall, but it's close enough while I am testing things, plus I am very low on powder.
Here are the MK-95 Brothers. The .54 has the camo stock.
Load was 69gn Weighted of BH209, 300gn Swift A-Frame with supplied sabot and CCI LRMP.
This was the first target for my new bullets from the .54 cal. I shot 5 rounds in the upper group and it was totally the shooters fault that shot 4 went to the right. I ain't perfect! The lower 3 shot group was shot just holding a bit low. I dropped one just a bit
Load was again 69gn Weighted of BH-209, CCI LRMP, MMP Purple 50x54 sabot and my new Lead bullet (326.5gn). First 3 shots tore a small (for .500 bullet) cloverleaf and I was really having trouble trying not to smile too big! Then Buggered up the 4th shot. :lol: Oh well.
After a Target change I shot 5 more with the same load. I had a little issue wiggling a bit so it looks like 2 groups. I confess it was all me but still got a pretty big smile at how these new Lead bullets shot for me.
Last but not least is a picture of My new bullets. Now to get me a good supply of Pure lead to try out.