Grump
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I posted this not long ago on the Boolits site but most of the answers were along the lines of "I don't know, I don't clean my barrels any more."
I do. Occasionally at least. So here goes...
I'm after reports to the accuracy standards of what the NRA now calls "Precision Pistol", aka "Bullseye". Our 10-ring at 50-yard slow fire is 3.36 inches (the reduced 25-yard SF target is 1.51 inches), so we REALLY want 2-inch groups at 50.*
With various lubes, which (if any) throw all shots from the beginning into the main group with pistols?
With various lubes that require a few shots to season a clean bore, how many shots for the group to settle down?
AND has anyone found that a certain lube will just throw one shot "so far" outside the main group and then everything else hits the main group?
My own SF hold is too wobbly to trust my own observations with my loads right now. I could try some bench experiments, but with the bench zero something like 5 inches away from my one-hand zero, I'd rather "spend" my ammo shooting groups...or design my testing around others' observed lube performances.
And no, I really have no desire to ever go back to the tried and true "newer" NRA 50/50 ALOX/Beeswax mix my Dad used (or the newer ones using different/available ALOX products). Too messy and stinky to handle, leaves more gunk on the outside of the gun than I like, and still stinks when you shoot it. What I see posted here on CB convinces me that we can get equal anti-leading and equal accuracy with other less problematic stuff now.
Thanks!
* This is because on other more populated sites, the claims of "accuracy is great!!!" and "All in the same group!!!" is so often to the standards of a 6-inch wide A Zone at 15 yards. Meh. A nice cluster of the last three within an inch of each other and the first two shots two inches away from the rest but still called a single "group" even at 25 yards isn't good enough for the game I'm casting bullets for...
I do. Occasionally at least. So here goes...
I'm after reports to the accuracy standards of what the NRA now calls "Precision Pistol", aka "Bullseye". Our 10-ring at 50-yard slow fire is 3.36 inches (the reduced 25-yard SF target is 1.51 inches), so we REALLY want 2-inch groups at 50.*
With various lubes, which (if any) throw all shots from the beginning into the main group with pistols?
With various lubes that require a few shots to season a clean bore, how many shots for the group to settle down?
AND has anyone found that a certain lube will just throw one shot "so far" outside the main group and then everything else hits the main group?
My own SF hold is too wobbly to trust my own observations with my loads right now. I could try some bench experiments, but with the bench zero something like 5 inches away from my one-hand zero, I'd rather "spend" my ammo shooting groups...or design my testing around others' observed lube performances.
And no, I really have no desire to ever go back to the tried and true "newer" NRA 50/50 ALOX/Beeswax mix my Dad used (or the newer ones using different/available ALOX products). Too messy and stinky to handle, leaves more gunk on the outside of the gun than I like, and still stinks when you shoot it. What I see posted here on CB convinces me that we can get equal anti-leading and equal accuracy with other less problematic stuff now.
Thanks!
* This is because on other more populated sites, the claims of "accuracy is great!!!" and "All in the same group!!!" is so often to the standards of a 6-inch wide A Zone at 15 yards. Meh. A nice cluster of the last three within an inch of each other and the first two shots two inches away from the rest but still called a single "group" even at 25 yards isn't good enough for the game I'm casting bullets for...