Thanks Dirk for letting Bill and I shoot at the 'East Windsor Sportsman's Club' today. My objective today is to find the best load for my Henry BigBoy 44 magnum rifle at 50 yards. 6 rounds were shot at each of 6 target 50 yards out. I wish I could have locked the rifle down to take myself out of the loop, but since that's not possible today, at least the equation is skewed equally for each load.
BILL SHOOTING THE HENRY
I was amazed to discover that the lightest bullet (200 gr Speer) gave me the lousiest groups, and the heaviest bullet, the Hornady 265 gave me the best. I never expected these results. I know I loaded the 265 cartridge light, so I'm hoping that if I load it just a bit more, it will bring the bullet right in consistently. The final target with the 200 gr Hornady seems to have great potential, but I just about ran out of rounds before starting the test. I was just having fun blast'n when I realized I'd better stop and do some testing... a little too late. I'll load more for next time. Target 5 wasn't bad either. Note that the best results were all achieved with Accurate #9... MORE
DIRK GIVING A HENRY A TRY
After shooting almost another 100 rounds today, I have to say that I love this rifle! It's a blast to shoot and to me it's the ultimate plinking cannon.
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