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gunlaker Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2605 Location: lower mainland, B.C. Joined: Dec 13^th, 2010	Re: I think I finally found THE load Reply #45 - Jun 5^th, 2026 at 9:35am	Print Post
	A factory barrel. Now I'm even more impressed!


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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3787 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: I think I finally found THE load Reply #46 - Jun 5^th, 2026 at 11:38am	Print Post
	What can I say Wes, the rifle likes fat bottom soft bullets. Queen made a song about that. Here is the chorus. Are you gonna take me to the range tonight? Oh, down beside that shooting bench Are you gonna let it all hang out? Fat bottomed bullets You make the shootin’ world go 'round

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12345 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: I think I finally found THE load Reply #47 - Jun 5^th, 2026 at 12:01pm	Print Post
	Jack, if yer gonna go the hitech numbers AI route to finding THE load, I just figure your bullet dimensions should be accurate. Now you gotta re-calculate everything. You did say the rifles groove dia is .320, didn't ya? Not .323.

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3787 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: I think I finally found THE load Reply #48 - Jun 5^th, 2026 at 12:46pm	Print Post
	.320-321 is what I measured, but none of my .321-322 bullets have done well. It is all voodoo to me. I just send a few hundred pounds of lead down range and wee what works. I found that this rifle seems to like 30-1 alloy better than my usual 20-1 by accident. The Accurate 32-185P bullets that shot the first target in this thread were in the back of my storage shelf and the first box was labeled in a manner that made me think that 1/2 were were 20-1 and the other 1/3 were 30-1. It wasn’t until I got home and weighed them that I found the 30-1 shot that first group. I had tried the Hoch mould in 20-1 earlier with mediocre results. At this point I will do some additional experiments with it in 30-1.

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12345 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: I think I finally found THE load Reply #49 - Jun 5^th, 2026 at 1:28pm	Print Post
	When I use groove diameter or smaller bullets I use soft alloy and more powder. Works for me. Saves lead and tin. I'm on a budget. You're doing good with a hundred plus year old barrel.
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RJ-35-40 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 324 Location: Saint Augustine Joined: Dec 7^th, 2016	Re: I think I finally found THE load Reply #50 - yesterday at 3:13pm	Print Post
	RE: "Tell you what Joe. If Bob can find a nurse, then you should be able to provide the Jet with a pilot." A grand buys the first hour of fuel...!, or enough to get you to 39,000 feet, after that the rest of the fuel load is on you. Lear 31 holds about 900 gallons. At approximately $8.50 a gallon for "Jet A".... a fill up is about $7,700.00 Personal Nurse's are extra.! westerner wrote on Jun 4^th, 2026 at 6:15pm: Jack, what is written on the target under your group? Looks like shorty 90 4100 Your bullets are still tipping a little. Did you know the BP BR prize is 1000.00 at Raton this year? That would buy jet fuel.


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12345 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: I think I finally found THE load Reply #51 - yesterday at 3:58pm	Print Post
	It's no wonder I don't have a Learjet.

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