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09-21-2009, 05:18 PM
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yes its a ball powder, as is H-870, AA8700, WC 872, , also WC-860, 860 also uses H-870 or AA-8700 data and its 9 bucks a pound can be found here www.gibrass.com
hope this helps RR
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10-13-2009, 12:16 PM
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We are now ready for the first outing with the Laser. I let the bore soak for two weeks. No chunks came out, only black India ink looking stuff that indicated the copper was disolved.
I have bushhogged off a place about 100 yards long and the width of the power lines on the face of a hill, across a creek, on the farm. Shooting down the power lines from one hill to another, into the hill side, I now have a flat 200 yard range and the new 500 yard range within 300 yards of one and another. Just a short run with the clays cart. The 240 Laser has 50 new rounds to fireform with false shoulders on the neck, with a crush fit. I have about 40 old rounds that I can also shoot. My intent is to get the scope lined up while fireforming and then get into the accuracy loads later. This is a picture of the 240 Laser with scope. Best, Ed
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10-29-2009, 11:10 AM
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Well, the first range report on the 240 Laser. I decided to shoot a few of the already fired cases by reloading them with IMR 4350 and sierra 100s then to fireform 50 new cases using 4350 and sierra 85s. So much for the plans of mice and men.
I found that the Sierra bullets do not like 1-8 twist barrels at 3,700 fps and tend to go "poof" about 0-60 feet out from the muzzle. Yep, I actually had a few readings on the crono of 30 fps or so, at 10 feet. So, I sent John an email and found out that the CRS had him by the throat and he forgot that the gun did not shoot Sierras without tearing the jackets off.... Oh, well. After pulling bullets we now have everything loaded with Nosler BTs. I understand that Nosler claims you can not tear a jacket off their 6mm BTs. We shall see. All was not a waste as I did get the starting data for my new article on the 357 Mag Rifle. So we had a bad start with the 240 and a very good day with the little Marlin. Best, Ed
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