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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10624 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Perspective on bullet sorting Reply #15 - May 6^th, 2022 at 8:59pm	Print Post
	Tommy Mason actually won the national championship back in 1997 and not in 1996. Please forgive me if you are only talking about his group. Actually it doesn't even matter other than wanting to keep the year he actually won the National Championship as being correct. In 1996 that is when Bev Pinney won the National Championship.
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Cbashooter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1586 Location: Eastern Wa. Joined: Mar 31^st, 2018	Re: Perspective on bullet sorting Reply #16 - May 6^th, 2022 at 9:00pm	Print Post
	Edited: JLouis wrote on May 6^th, 2022 at 8:59pm: Tommy Mason actually accomplished that back in 1997 and not in 1996. Actually it doesn't really even matter other than wanting to keep the year he accomplished it as being correct. In 1996 it was actually Bev Pinney. Nope ,1996 he shot the record as I didn't shoot 1997.i didn't think you were shooting matches back then John? I think you misunderstood national champion for national record.
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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10624 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Perspective on bullet sorting Reply #17 - May 6^th, 2022 at 9:30pm	Print Post
	I actually tried to share that confusion on my own behalf. Was that a 200 yard group or one being shot at 100 yards. I also apologize for not knowing exactly what was being shared.

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Piltdownman Participating Member Offline Posts: 32 Location: West USA Joined: Apr 10^th, 2022	Re: Perspective on bullet sorting Reply #18 - May 7^th, 2022 at 3:05am	Print Post
	While casting I.get my mold up to speed casting visually perfect bullets then cast until I have enough .or the bullets aren't coming out just right. I separate in lots of about 30 or so on my casting mat. I check weight and dimensions in each "lot" and feel good in the first and last "lots" are spot on.i.do throw visually flawed bullets in the pot as casting. sometimes I'll weigh them and mark the culls with a sharpie. Red for light, black for heavy.Its nice to be able to shoot the culls and know where they go rather than just assume they won't shoot. Its darn rare for them.to shoot any different than my "good" bullets though. I can't decide if it's worth but if driving a long way for a match it makes me feel better. I think I loose more shots reading wind poorly than the rare bad bullet in all honesty.
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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10624 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Perspective on bullet sorting Reply #19 - May 7^th, 2022 at 11:19am	Print Post
	Sorry I missed your prior post stating the yardage and the record. And you are correct I did not start shooting until 1998. CBA Matches used to be our largest attended monthly matches up to about 2009. We would have one or two 2 day regional matches each year so we could setup our moving backers to also be able to shoot groups. That is going to be a hard record to break my best was only a 0.473 and shooting my CPA.Schuetzen Jr. / Model 52 in 32-40 and the high shot was my last and just a bad wind and mirage call on my own behalf. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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beltfed Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1725 Location: Central Wi Joined: Dec 20^th, 2007	Re: Perspective on bullet sorting Reply #20 - May 7^th, 2022 at 3:55pm	Print Post
	John, That 0.473 group is quite a tight "donut" Interesting how that happens. Don't know why, when I shoot a "donut" beltfed/arnie


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Dusty Rhodes Full Member Offline Posts: 175 Joined: Apr 28^th, 2016	Re: Perspective on bullet sorting Reply #21 - May 11^th, 2022 at 6:58am	Print Post
	Back to the original Post.... Weighing to within 0.1 of a grain is pretty darn picky, in my humble opinion. for my 32/40, 197 grn I make two groups of within .4 of a grn. For the .38 and the .40 ( 300grn and 400 grn), for 100 yds I sort to within .8 of a grn and for anything over 100 yds I sort to .5 of a grn. I have discarded molds that don't throw close to the correct weight. Any rejects, I use as a fouler or barrel warmer. I notice that rejects of over or under 1.0 grn will generally hit the target within an acceptable group. Luckily I have very few rejects. My NOE .32 mold will throw 100 bullets of 20:1 within .2 grn. I know very good Competition shooters here who only weigh to within 1.0, that is .25% of a 400 grn projectile.


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