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bkoenig:
Went out yesterday and shot some more but this time at 100 yards, and I was getting really bad vertical stringing.  I forgot my chrony so I can't say if there was a velocity problem, but I'm starting to think I should try some filler.

unfy:
Hmmm...

Doing a quick look...



Ammosmith's video concerning polyfill.

bkoenig:
I missed you posting that video, I'll have to check it out when I get home tonight.

I finally made it to the range this weekend to give it another try.  I shot 5 rounds with the cartidge in any random position before loading, and 5 with the muzzle tipped up between shots to ensure the powder was against the primer.  With the powder against the primer the vertical stringing was eliminated, and the extreme spread of velocity was cut in half. 

Hank:
Are you using unique for a reduced recoil load? Just curious. Them are some nice looking boolits! I have never tried casting any, but I think back to a time when I had access to 2, 5 gal. buckets of used wheel weights..sometimes I wondered if they could have been used?

bkoenig:

--- Quote from: Hank on March 25, 2013, 07:48:28 PM ---Are you using unique for a reduced recoil load? Just curious. Them are some nice looking boolits! I have never tried casting any, but I think back to a time when I had access to 2, 5 gal. buckets of used wheel weights..sometimes I wondered if they could have been used?

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Clip on Wheel weights make excellent boolits.  For mild loads they shoot fine as is - my 45-70 loves them.  They can be alloyed with tin or antimony if you're running a hotter load.  Stick on wheel weights are fine, too, but they're typically very soft, closer to pure lead, so you have to alloy them.  Unfortunately most shops will not give out their weights anymore.

I'm trying Unique not so much for reduced recoil, but because it's so cheap.  If you don't count the cost of the cases (which I already had) my cost per round is something like 8 cents.

I need to get to the ladies' froo-froo store and buy some Dacron this week.  I think it will help in my 38-55 as well.

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