| ironoxide |
| (.224 member) |
| 26/06/21 04:15 AM |
Re: Pedersoli Kodiak. 58 double shooting left - technique advice
|
Quote:
Hi ironoxoide, with the load that shot into one group(100gr.), mine was shooting into less than 1 1/2" for 6 shots 3-each. at 50yards - that was with 100gr.2G GOEX. As these then diverged at 100, still they were only 2" apart, with a 4-5" group total, which I figured that load would do just fine for target shooting work. It did that.
That sounds pretty good. I would be 100% happy with that.
Quote:
I noticed you were/are using a .010" patch. With a .562" ball, that patch will not make it to the bottom of the grooves & barely makes any pressure on the tops of the lands - combination totals .582". With a .580" bore, that's .001" tight on each land. I am not surprised this shot a huge pattern with a decent load - 120gr.
For me, that is not a load to even try - waste of powder and lead.
Even with the .574" ball, I used the .0215" ticking or the 10 ounce denim for patches that measured .022". The newer 10 ounce I am using in most of my rifles and smoothbore with patched ball, is .021" thick, compressed.
I use Track's (www.trackofthewolf.com) mink oil or Neetsfoot Oil for patch lube for hunting.
Yes, that makes sense. I too wouldn't have chosen that ball size/patch combination at first. For a long time I shot it with 575 balls and 10 thou patch (I tried thicker patches. I think the absolute thickest I managed to hammer in was 16 thou).
Unfortunately good results were quite rare and I didn't enjoy having to hammer balls in. Then the gun spent a year in a safe...
Only recently I bought a Lee 562 round ball mold with an idea to give it a try. I tried the resulting balls (measuring 563) and I discovered they shoot pretty much the same as 575 despite being so much easier to load. I'm not sure why they work equally well as 575. Maybe they obturate enough as I'm using a rather fast 3f powder ,or it may be the lube combined with fouling that prevents blowthrough.
Once I straightened the barrels I'll definitely try all the other ball sizes again, but I would love to be able to continue using 562 as I really like the way they load.
Quote:
Good luck with the regulation. Shooting parallel is the most "perfect" regulation, however shooting together at 50yards is also good as most don't shoot ML's much beyond 100yards.
I sold my rifle as I wanted it for moose and my target load was in the 120gr. to 140gr. mark. It crossed badly with those loads. It would have worked OK for close range shooting with the 110gr. load, but I wanted to be able to shoot to at least 150yards and it would not do that for me.
Thanks. I wish one could hunt moose where I live(NE Poland). They were reintroduced into local forests in last 30 years and they bred to such numbers that they are a real road hazard. Every now and then I hear of fatal accidents involving them. I had some close calls myself. However, the law is still the same as it was 30 years ago when they were extremely rare and protected.