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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Blacklab on December 19, 2013, 04:43:47 PM

Title: 204 range day
Post by: Blacklab on December 19, 2013, 04:43:47 PM: Went to a friends to do some shooting for load development. This was the second trip w/ the new lilja 204. My results were so sub standard. It's has already had a good # of rounds down the pipe. For break in purposes and development. Started off w/ factory hornady 32gr v-max. Box says 4225 fps, not even close :bash:. Magnetospeed read 3500 and change. Could barely cover groups w/ a xlg pizza pan. lol It was bad. So I switched to my hornady hand loads. Better but anything was better than where it was at. Speeds just were'nt there. From my data I should be pushing 38 -3900 fps w/ cfe 223 not even close. Useing the hodgdon web site. Today I got my hands on a 9th addition hornady manual. I'm almost one full grain low with their data :yike:. So many what the hells have been answerd today you wouldn't beleive it. Now I'm excited to start with a fresh slate and see where this takes me. Believe me I'm not kidding when I said pizza pan :chuckle: ;) ;)
Title: Re: 204 range day
Post by: Biggerhammer on December 19, 2013, 07:12:06 PM: I would be going over the Magnetospeed. I shoot the factory 32gr Hornady through a 26" AR White Oak upper and it's right there as advertised velocity wise. Something doesn't add up. :(
Title: Re: 204 range day
Post by: Blacklab on December 19, 2013, 09:03:47 PM: chrony works great for other rifles. Really don't think that's an issue. Though the lilja 17 inch barrel is a little on the short side. So I new I would lose sum fps with that barrel length just not that much.
Title: Re: 204 range day
Post by: Biggerhammer on December 19, 2013, 09:32:19 PM: 17" !! How's the muzzle blast on that little thing? 8)
Title: Re: 204 range day
Post by: Blacklab on December 20, 2013, 07:23:00 AM: Quote from: Biggerhammer on December 19, 2013, 09:32:19 PM
17" !! How's the muzzle blast on that little thing? 8)

Well let just say the bang is more like a BOOM :chuckle:
Title: Re: 204 range day
Post by: FC on December 20, 2013, 08:31:59 AM: Quote from: Biggerhammer on December 19, 2013, 09:32:19 PM
17" !! How's the muzzle blast on that little thing? 8)

I would think you could kill coyotes with just that out to about 75 yards or so :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: 204 range day
Post by: Blacklab on December 20, 2013, 08:54:00 AM: I'll let you know next month. Gods know I can't hit *censored* with the little bullets :yike: :chuckle: ;)
Title: Re: 204 range day
Post by: mountainman on December 22, 2013, 12:01:46 AM: A coyote from a few years ago. Lone Eagle pistol with hot 40 grainers. Caliber 22-250, barrel length 13". Hit at a little over 300 yards. Yet i could still smell a hint of singed fur...?
Title: Re: 204 range day
Post by: Blacklab on December 22, 2013, 03:26:07 AM: Sweet! good looking dog :tup: