Post by: Sabotloader on August 03, 2014, 04:45:20 PM
Anyway this morning I need to go shoot - I hate working it really interrupts my rec time. So even though it was to hot! really to hot to shoot - I went.
According to my range finder when I got to the Rock Pit is was 78 and warming very rapidly.
Decided I was running out of time quickly I just walked a bunch of birds to the rock wall as targets. Began loading and shooting...
I had knurled some bullets before getting here and I was ready to shoot. I knurled some Barnes XPB's 275 & 325 grain. Also some Lehigh and Bloodline bullets. I knurled the Barnes bullets with simple 'mil files' and from past experience I know I had to use an aggressive 'bustard' files on the Lehigh/Bloodlines.
The softer Barnes knurl very easily and I am able to get a lift on the surface of the bullet to get a diameter of 0.5015 to 0.502 on the other hand the Lehigh/Bloodline which are much harder and do not get the lift I need for a great grip on the lands...
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv130%2Fsabotloader%2FComposite-5.jpg&hash=ab3e09549ee37031f079c33febf09a354d2bcec7) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/sabotloader/media/Composite-5.jpg.html)
More experimentation is needed on my part or hopefully Lehigh Dave will make one that will work with machined barbs like the ones on his original Lehigh sabotless bullet.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv130%2Fsabotloader%2F50calSabotless.jpg&hash=56091e37567ace0898fe734dd82e39185ddfee7e) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/sabotloader/media/50calSabotless.jpg.html)
Post by: Damnimissed on August 03, 2014, 10:26:28 PM