Magnum Force
Single-Sixer
Much nicer weather here in Southwest Virginia today, partly cloudy and temps in the mid 50's. Headed up the mountain to try out some hand loads in the Super Blackhawk and try out a new shooting lane carved out of an old fire break.
I got some .44 brass and Berry's 240 grain plated bullets for Christmas, so I loaded up 40 of them to try. I loaded them according to Berry's instructions, no more than 1250 feet per second, and a light crimp so the plated jacket won't be deformed. I tried some unique powder, enough to get 1150 FPS. They seemed accurate enough, but there was some bullet jump. I'll have to leave these for rifle shooting I think.
Six rounds fired standing, two hand hold at 20 yards. The center white portion of the target, my aiming point, is
1 3/4 inches in diameter:
Had a good workout with my old favorite .44 Magnum hand load, a Hornady 240 grain XTP bullett propelled by 2400 to 1250 FPS. Most rounds went true, there was one "Trigger Jerk":
Some hits on swinging steel:
On to my new shooting lane, an old fire break bulldozed by the National Forest Service a couple of years ago. To keep a brush fire from spreading onto National Forest Property, they bulldozed a fire break on my property to contain the fire in a gully. I have been maintaining the fire break with machete and weedeater, Right now I have about a 100 yard shot down into the gully. I put a piece of swinging steel down there and took some shots at it with my Rossi 92 carbine. I used the Berry's plated bullets and some of my 240 grain cast lead rounds loaded to 900 feet per second.
The white spot is the swinging steel. Can you see it?
15X zoom on the camera:
25X zoom:
Very satisfying, got 100% hits from the seated position, standing a little more challenging, but still pretty easy to get hits. The Rossi is a very capable rifle:
A happy shooter at the end of the day:
I got some .44 brass and Berry's 240 grain plated bullets for Christmas, so I loaded up 40 of them to try. I loaded them according to Berry's instructions, no more than 1250 feet per second, and a light crimp so the plated jacket won't be deformed. I tried some unique powder, enough to get 1150 FPS. They seemed accurate enough, but there was some bullet jump. I'll have to leave these for rifle shooting I think.
Six rounds fired standing, two hand hold at 20 yards. The center white portion of the target, my aiming point, is
1 3/4 inches in diameter:
Had a good workout with my old favorite .44 Magnum hand load, a Hornady 240 grain XTP bullett propelled by 2400 to 1250 FPS. Most rounds went true, there was one "Trigger Jerk":
Some hits on swinging steel:
On to my new shooting lane, an old fire break bulldozed by the National Forest Service a couple of years ago. To keep a brush fire from spreading onto National Forest Property, they bulldozed a fire break on my property to contain the fire in a gully. I have been maintaining the fire break with machete and weedeater, Right now I have about a 100 yard shot down into the gully. I put a piece of swinging steel down there and took some shots at it with my Rossi 92 carbine. I used the Berry's plated bullets and some of my 240 grain cast lead rounds loaded to 900 feet per second.
The white spot is the swinging steel. Can you see it?
15X zoom on the camera:
25X zoom:
Very satisfying, got 100% hits from the seated position, standing a little more challenging, but still pretty easy to get hits. The Rossi is a very capable rifle:
A happy shooter at the end of the day:
