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[Adam Helmer]

Gil,

I am testing all the ammo I bought since the last good range days last Fall. Today, it was 68 degrees and sunny at 10:00a.m. Loyal hound and I took a truck load of arms and ammo to the backyard bench.

I found out that silvertip Russian Ball ammo (about 150 grains) shoots 7 inches high in my M91/30 Mosin dated 1942. I got two different other lots of Russian Ball (some was wrapped in 20-round lots in kraft paper secured with a string) and the other was boxed 15 rounds to the box. That stuff was great, windage was perfect and the groups were +2 inches at 100 yards. I wished I had bought 500 rounds more of that stuff.

I tested Swiss Ball in the K31 and M1911 Karabiner and it was great. I am glad I bought all the vendor had at the gunshow. I also picked up a dozen of those Swiss 6-round chargers and happily am good to go with the Swiss arms.

We finished off by shooting the flinter muzzleloaders and rang the gongs all across my far hill side.

Adam