TRK wrote: That's tonight's project - round up the moulds and fire up the pot. 225415, the round nosed Lyman heavier than the 225415 (never tried it) , a Lee and (yet to get here) the short round nosed Lyman Loveren.
Hi, great to see more shooters taking on the small bores ... a tough row to hoe, as we farmers say.
Not to complicate your life, but get yourself at least one good windflag, and plant it about 50 feet in front of your rest. watch it every shot, but at first dont try to get smarter than your wind flag, just kind of remember what it was doing when you yank that trigger thing, and compare it to where your bullet went.
The common short, round nose bullets are ... astoundingly ... succeptable to varying wind forces, and it is very difficult to predict how much and in what direction the wind is going to “blow" your bullet. It is my humble opinion that round short bullets do not only get ” blown” by the wind, but also ” skid” off of the various air densities that they pass thru on the way to the target ... like a rock skipping on a pond surface ..... faster wind is less dense/less pressure .... etc. ....
The bench rest metaljacketed shooters can get by with fairly short bullets, but they beat the system by shooting at least 3000 fps or so ...
The price of lead last time I bot has me thinking I need to start a new cast bullet career shooting mini-bores ... and since I have a bunch of benchrest quality 6 mm barrels, I think I will start there ... but am not sure their standard 14 twist is going to stabilize a long, wind-drift-busting bullet, maybe 85 or 100 grains with a conical point ... we shall see.
I note that the infamous J. Alexander, most knowledgeable of .22 shooters, is playhing with 75 grain .22 bullets now ... need to watch his results also.
Keep us posted,
ken campbell, iowa