Magnum Wheel Man
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had my retired smith buddy inspect the revolver, & it's solid & on time, barrel is pretty good... for safety he advised against factory 45 acp ammo...
I had some cast lighter loads around, that my father in law loaded 15-20 years ago, & I picked up 15 - 20 half moon clips...
prior to lubing everything up, I took it out & shot it a little... action was pretty gritty in double action ( though that smoothed up a bit after cleaning & lubing ) I think my best group was through a pistol rest ( I happened to be sighting in a 22 & had the rest out on the range that day ) with a group of 6" at 30 ft... my free hand single action group was more like 8"... just curious, without doing a full out load developement for the gun, what kind of groups should I be shooting for as I work up a load for this old war horse ???
any suggestions for loads ???
I had some cast lighter loads around, that my father in law loaded 15-20 years ago, & I picked up 15 - 20 half moon clips...
prior to lubing everything up, I took it out & shot it a little... action was pretty gritty in double action ( though that smoothed up a bit after cleaning & lubing ) I think my best group was through a pistol rest ( I happened to be sighting in a 22 & had the rest out on the range that day ) with a group of 6" at 30 ft... my free hand single action group was more like 8"... just curious, without doing a full out load developement for the gun, what kind of groups should I be shooting for as I work up a load for this old war horse ???
any suggestions for loads ???