I did my 1st range session with BH209 and Win209 primers this morning in my Encore and Omega. The Omega is sub MOA anytime with 250 TMZ or Shockwaves and 100 grains (vol.) T7 FFF. I had to cut the BH209 down to 90 grains but had no problem getting honest .25 CTC at 50 yds with 250 Shockwaves so it should be good to go. It will be interesting to see how fast they are.
The Encore is new to me so it took some fiddling (tried 250 SW, 200 SW, 240 XTP, 300 XTP, 240 Speers) with 90 and 100 grain BH209 (vol). It was outstanding with the 240 Speers, green Sabots and 90 grains and put 3 in a ragged hole at 50yds. Only OK with 200 SW, blue sabots(1" -ish) and 100 grains and just awful with everything else and 100 grains. This barrel is tight and fussy. The previous owner had it turned down and fluted so it may not act 'typical' for and Encore.
No chrony today but it was still a blast and I have an excuse to do it again.
Something interesting to me was that BH209 shot best with the loosest fitting loads in both rifles. The Omega is much looser that the Encore and the Speers practically dropped down the bore of the Encore so I didn't even try them in her. I'm really likeing the .429 Speers in the Encore and next time may give them a shot in the Omega.
Another note of interest is that I tried the .25 ACP with CCI mag rifle primers with BH209 and it is not acceptable for my Omega. Very slow ignition, snap/bang, not conducive to accuracy :shock: so it came out after 3 shots.
After 18 shots with no swab the Encore shot the same (POI and group)as the 1st round. At shot 22 I got a slow ignition and didn't want to clean the plug so retired it for the day.
Here's my net;
90 grains by volume, 240-250gr --->>> sub MOA in my guns
100 " " , 200 gr --> maybe MOA or just over
Loose fit bullets were definitely better in both rifles
- NO to .25 ACP ignition, very marginal at 81 degrees
Oh, a very expensive session, but worth every penny. :lol:
The Encore is new to me so it took some fiddling (tried 250 SW, 200 SW, 240 XTP, 300 XTP, 240 Speers) with 90 and 100 grain BH209 (vol). It was outstanding with the 240 Speers, green Sabots and 90 grains and put 3 in a ragged hole at 50yds. Only OK with 200 SW, blue sabots(1" -ish) and 100 grains and just awful with everything else and 100 grains. This barrel is tight and fussy. The previous owner had it turned down and fluted so it may not act 'typical' for and Encore.
No chrony today but it was still a blast and I have an excuse to do it again.
Something interesting to me was that BH209 shot best with the loosest fitting loads in both rifles. The Omega is much looser that the Encore and the Speers practically dropped down the bore of the Encore so I didn't even try them in her. I'm really likeing the .429 Speers in the Encore and next time may give them a shot in the Omega.
Another note of interest is that I tried the .25 ACP with CCI mag rifle primers with BH209 and it is not acceptable for my Omega. Very slow ignition, snap/bang, not conducive to accuracy :shock: so it came out after 3 shots.
After 18 shots with no swab the Encore shot the same (POI and group)as the 1st round. At shot 22 I got a slow ignition and didn't want to clean the plug so retired it for the day.
Here's my net;
90 grains by volume, 240-250gr --->>> sub MOA in my guns
100 " " , 200 gr --> maybe MOA or just over
Loose fit bullets were definitely better in both rifles
- NO to .25 ACP ignition, very marginal at 81 degrees
Oh, a very expensive session, but worth every penny. :lol: