Rustydust
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Went to the range with a couple friends yesterday. More of a play day than a get serious day. My favorite kind. Anyway, I brought along my .17 Remington and my .204 Ruger both loaded with Blue Dot powder. 10 grains for the former and 12 for the latter. I had a variety of bullets loaded in both. For the .17 I had Vmax, Nosler, Calhoon and Barnes. My very first group with the .17 gave me all 5 touching at 100 yards. That's hard to do when your bullets are only .172"! Then I swapped to the .204 with that was loaded with 26, 32, 34,and 40 grain bullets and not one group was over a half inch. And what was neat was never did I have to wait for the barrel to cool between strings. It never got hot. Excuse the pun, but how cool is that?
Our Idaho ground squirrels are small and easy to kill. So come next spring I'm going to dispatch a few of them with these reduced loads. And if I keep using them I may never have to buy another barrel! Yippee!
Our Idaho ground squirrels are small and easy to kill. So come next spring I'm going to dispatch a few of them with these reduced loads. And if I keep using them I may never have to buy another barrel! Yippee!