Camp Cook wrote:I finally loaded up some 225gr FTX - 240gr XTP-Mags & 300gr XTP-Mags last night with Win SR primers but I have about 2000 7.5 primers I'll try next I used LilGun for the 225 & 240's and used AA1680 for the 300's.
I am now using a LabRadar Doppler radar chrony so will definitely get some velocities posted when I get out to the range.
What I'm needing is some recommendations for 355gr - 405gr - 535gr WLNGC's cast bullet loads.
My eyes are having issues with not seeing iron sights clearly anymore a scoped Ruger American 450 BM loaded with these heavier bullets is actually why I purchased this rifle/cartridge combo.
I too got a LabRadar unit. The rife range at the gun club consists of an 8 position concrete slab, with 8 rock of Gibraltar concrete T shaped tables, with a nice shingled roof over top that has a plywood ceiling 7 ft above the slab and boy is it loud under there!!! The LabRadar is very fussy when shooting my rifles with muzzle brakes on them. I waste a lot of shots just getting it to a happy place. Once there, its pretty cool, but it a PITA for how much it cost. My trusty, $100 Chrony was much less of a hassle other than when the sun was in a certain angle at a certain time of day. That rifle range is the only one I use. We worked hard getting it fixed up real nice over the course of my first three years as Coordinator for it. So, I'm not switching ranges. That would be heretical, not to mention inconvenient since I live only 8 minutes away. If it wasn't where it is, I would probably not be here typing this. I called LabRadar and they were of no help, talking to me like I was some idiot. I've worked in Electronics Engineering (including microwave) for just shy of 40 years and I don't cater to CSR's who don't know what they're talking about. I'll spare you the details. Suffice it to say, using my LabRadar introduces an unnecessary source of frustration at the range, but I'm too stubborn to walk away from it, given the cost.
Sorry to say, I have zero experience with cast boolits, or 450b projectiles above 325gr. The frontal area of a 200 grainer is just as large as a 325 and there are no bison around here, so I prefer to play with faster, lighter bullets myself. Lastly, even when my eyes were at the top of their game, I still preferred scoped rifles. Most of what I hunted had better eyesight than me, so scopes level the playing field.
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