Troy Whiteneck
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Long walk with four bullets.
I got off work 01-28-2011Friday morning after a 12 hour graveyard shift. Went home, loaded up, and went to the range. I’d planned on working with one bullet at different ranges, but ended up taking 4 bullets for the long walk. Got to the range about 7:30 am and was shooting around 8:00 am. The morning started out at 51* F and warmed up to 65* F or 69* F. I had on a t-shirt, sweat shirt, and a light jacket. Before noon I shed the light jacket and a little later I shed the sweat shirt. Very little wind early in the morning, then it picked up. From about 1:00 ppm. until 4:30 pm. I had a crosswind blowing left to right.
Here’s the set up:
CVA Apex .45 cal. QRBP w/ Nikon 3X9X40 BDC
Spinjag starter / giRamrod ramrod from spinjag
Blackhorn 209 / CCI 209M primers
Lane’s powder tubes / Lane’s powder tube holder
Caldwell Tack Driver
Birchwood Casey Eze-scorer 12” sight in targets #37213
Here’s the drill:
Swabbed the oil out of the barrel with two dry patches (both sides).
Fired 3 primers to foul the barrel.
Load and shoot. Load and shoot.
Allowed at least 5 minutes between shots, sometimes more.
Never swabbed the barrel between shot.
Never cleaned out the flash channel.
Fired 61 total shots. No hang fires or no fires.
Four Bullets:
Harvester Funnel Point 200g / Harvester Plain Blue sabot
Lehigh 200g Brass / Harvester Plain Blue sabot
Barnes MZ 195g copper / Harvester Plain Blue sabot
Hornady SST 200g / Harvester Plain Blue sabot
I had such a blast doing this. That’s what kept me going. The reason for wanting the 200 yard range is that there are coyotes where I hunt in Kansas and I’d like to take a shot at what ever range they’re at. I’m not sure I’d try for a deer at that range though.
I will post these four bullets in separate posts.
I got off work 01-28-2011Friday morning after a 12 hour graveyard shift. Went home, loaded up, and went to the range. I’d planned on working with one bullet at different ranges, but ended up taking 4 bullets for the long walk. Got to the range about 7:30 am and was shooting around 8:00 am. The morning started out at 51* F and warmed up to 65* F or 69* F. I had on a t-shirt, sweat shirt, and a light jacket. Before noon I shed the light jacket and a little later I shed the sweat shirt. Very little wind early in the morning, then it picked up. From about 1:00 ppm. until 4:30 pm. I had a crosswind blowing left to right.
Here’s the set up:
CVA Apex .45 cal. QRBP w/ Nikon 3X9X40 BDC
Spinjag starter / giRamrod ramrod from spinjag
Blackhorn 209 / CCI 209M primers
Lane’s powder tubes / Lane’s powder tube holder
Caldwell Tack Driver
Birchwood Casey Eze-scorer 12” sight in targets #37213
Here’s the drill:
Swabbed the oil out of the barrel with two dry patches (both sides).
Fired 3 primers to foul the barrel.
Load and shoot. Load and shoot.
Allowed at least 5 minutes between shots, sometimes more.
Never swabbed the barrel between shot.
Never cleaned out the flash channel.
Fired 61 total shots. No hang fires or no fires.
Four Bullets:
Harvester Funnel Point 200g / Harvester Plain Blue sabot
Lehigh 200g Brass / Harvester Plain Blue sabot
Barnes MZ 195g copper / Harvester Plain Blue sabot
Hornady SST 200g / Harvester Plain Blue sabot
I had such a blast doing this. That’s what kept me going. The reason for wanting the 200 yard range is that there are coyotes where I hunt in Kansas and I’d like to take a shot at what ever range they’re at. I’m not sure I’d try for a deer at that range though.
I will post these four bullets in separate posts.
