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Everything came together this morning.
The gun was rough sighted for 100 yards using T7 pellets a while ago so the target got hung on the 100 yard frame today. The gun has the 209 plug too.
A few days ago I weighed out a number of 209 charges in 63 grain, 70 grain and 77 grain just to keep things organized at the range. I used one of the 63 grain charges to foul the barrel and that shot hit about an inch low of the center of the black circle, so I just went ahead and dug into the 77 grain loads. The Accura loaded the 300 grain .44 cal XTP's just fine. Snug but not a chore to seat and the sabot went down the pipe smoothly the whole way. I really didn't have to mess with much with the 77 grain loads and will leave it as is except the next trip I need to bring the poi over maybe a half inch to be dead center on the bull. The 5 shot groups were consistently 1.5". I can hunt with that since my shots are very seldom even 100 yards. Just for the sake of knowing I did three shot groups using the 63 grain and 70 grain loads using the same bullet/sabot and the only difference was the vertical string
What amazed me was recoil. This 77 grain weighed charge is equal to 110 grains by volume but recoil was very agreeable, if there is such a thing. Its not bad at all considering I was in only a t-shirt and not hunting clothes.
Next up will be the Impact and 209. This gun is a 100 yard gun too and shoots pretty tight with t7 pellets and the 300 grain .44 Xtps. I want to see where things sit with it and 209. I also want to re-plug my Optima pistol for 209 just to see what that gun can do. I know that the 250 grain .452 XTP flies nice with a couple Pyrodex pellets but I want to toy with the 240 grain XTP in .44 cal, maybe tighten things up group-wise with a new load. All I need is some time and a cooperative weatherman. Today's play time was great.
The gun was rough sighted for 100 yards using T7 pellets a while ago so the target got hung on the 100 yard frame today. The gun has the 209 plug too.
A few days ago I weighed out a number of 209 charges in 63 grain, 70 grain and 77 grain just to keep things organized at the range. I used one of the 63 grain charges to foul the barrel and that shot hit about an inch low of the center of the black circle, so I just went ahead and dug into the 77 grain loads. The Accura loaded the 300 grain .44 cal XTP's just fine. Snug but not a chore to seat and the sabot went down the pipe smoothly the whole way. I really didn't have to mess with much with the 77 grain loads and will leave it as is except the next trip I need to bring the poi over maybe a half inch to be dead center on the bull. The 5 shot groups were consistently 1.5". I can hunt with that since my shots are very seldom even 100 yards. Just for the sake of knowing I did three shot groups using the 63 grain and 70 grain loads using the same bullet/sabot and the only difference was the vertical string
What amazed me was recoil. This 77 grain weighed charge is equal to 110 grains by volume but recoil was very agreeable, if there is such a thing. Its not bad at all considering I was in only a t-shirt and not hunting clothes.
Next up will be the Impact and 209. This gun is a 100 yard gun too and shoots pretty tight with t7 pellets and the 300 grain .44 Xtps. I want to see where things sit with it and 209. I also want to re-plug my Optima pistol for 209 just to see what that gun can do. I know that the 250 grain .452 XTP flies nice with a couple Pyrodex pellets but I want to toy with the 240 grain XTP in .44 cal, maybe tighten things up group-wise with a new load. All I need is some time and a cooperative weatherman. Today's play time was great.