I had a little time Wednesday morning before work. While I SHOULD have been cleaning up the house I decided to go to the range for a couple of hours. I have to say it was great to just get out and shoot!
Pete had graciously sent me a few of the 300gr Nosler Partitions to try. My plans are to take the Savage 10ML BP elk hunting provided I draw a tag. I figured the Partitions would be a perfect bullet for that hunt provided they shoot accurately enough.
First up was the 300gr Partition .458cal. I used the orange MMP .458/50 sabot along with 120gr Blackhorn 209.
I starting shooting on a completely clean bore and did nothing other than swab the bore with a clean patch then fired off a primer. Next I loaded up 110gr Blackhorn 209 and that was shot #1(1870fps). You can see shots 2-5 with #3 at the top of the target which were all shot using 120gr BH209. I was thinking #3 went off before I was ready but there was certainly nothing wrong with #4. So even if I discard #3 we're still taking about a two inch group here which isn't going to cut it. BTW rifle was allowed to cool between shots as I was shooting my T/C New Englander on the next table! 8) MV average for the 4, 120gr loads 1980fps.
Next up was the Nosler Partition HG .451 300gr. I used an MMP short black sabot and 120gr BH209:
MV- 1996fps
Well it looks as if the Nosler Partitions aren't going to make the cut to get to go elk hunting.
Wondering if I was having a bad day I next shot three of the Parker 300gr HydraCons using MMP short black sabot and 120gr Blackhorn 209. So this is going to be shots 9-11 from a clean bore, no swabbing between shots allowed! 8)
MV average- 1977fps
That's better and that's a 1.08 inch group. So I guess I'll have to have a shoot-out between the 275gr Ballistic Extreme, 300gr HydraCon, and Barnes 290gr T-EZ FB.
It was great to get back to the range! 8)
Pete had graciously sent me a few of the 300gr Nosler Partitions to try. My plans are to take the Savage 10ML BP elk hunting provided I draw a tag. I figured the Partitions would be a perfect bullet for that hunt provided they shoot accurately enough.
First up was the 300gr Partition .458cal. I used the orange MMP .458/50 sabot along with 120gr Blackhorn 209.
I starting shooting on a completely clean bore and did nothing other than swab the bore with a clean patch then fired off a primer. Next I loaded up 110gr Blackhorn 209 and that was shot #1(1870fps). You can see shots 2-5 with #3 at the top of the target which were all shot using 120gr BH209. I was thinking #3 went off before I was ready but there was certainly nothing wrong with #4. So even if I discard #3 we're still taking about a two inch group here which isn't going to cut it. BTW rifle was allowed to cool between shots as I was shooting my T/C New Englander on the next table! 8) MV average for the 4, 120gr loads 1980fps.
Next up was the Nosler Partition HG .451 300gr. I used an MMP short black sabot and 120gr BH209:
MV- 1996fps
Well it looks as if the Nosler Partitions aren't going to make the cut to get to go elk hunting.
Wondering if I was having a bad day I next shot three of the Parker 300gr HydraCons using MMP short black sabot and 120gr Blackhorn 209. So this is going to be shots 9-11 from a clean bore, no swabbing between shots allowed! 8)
MV average- 1977fps
That's better and that's a 1.08 inch group. So I guess I'll have to have a shoot-out between the 275gr Ballistic Extreme, 300gr HydraCon, and Barnes 290gr T-EZ FB.
It was great to get back to the range! 8)
