Here are a couple targets shot today with 2400 and cast bullets. The .30-06 targets out out of my 1921 03 Springfield with original, pitted barrel. Scope is a 20X Unertl. Targets shot off the bench with a rest, but no rear bag allowed. Load is 17g Alliant 2400 under a GC NOE 314210 made from 20:1 and weighs 207gr and sized to 0.314.
The .32-40 target is a modified PB bullet. Not sure what the bullet is. I think the load is 12gr of 2400. Bullets are breech seated.
100 yds .30-06. - 6 inch target. Set my scope and never touched it again. High right shot was the wind gusting as a broke the shot. Spotter could not call it in time. 11 rounds on this target. Cold gun, 2 sighters, both drilled the center so I converted the 2nd and just started shooting for score.
150 yds .32-40 - 9 inch target Did not shoot the group so cannot comment. Was shot same time as I shot the 100 yd target above so same basic conditions allowing for the extra 50 yds of range.
200 yds .30-06 - 12 inch target. 12 rounds on the target. 2 sighters and 10 for score. Wind had picked up and both wind and mirage were changing back and forth. My hold on the target was moving roughly the size of the group depending on what my spotter called and what I saw thru my scope. All those center hits were with some KY windage to accommodate the wind which seemed to change more than the mirage.
I did not take pics of the 150 and 300 yd targets. We trade off going downrange to paint and it was HOT today so I sat out 2 of the painting session. Some guys sit them all out.
I shot a perfect 40/40 today and so did several others. The mirage was more steady than the wind which I think helped drive the better scores. One shooter in his 80's shot a 39/40 with iron sights. Furthest target was 300 yds and then a 2 round offhand shot at a meerkat at 400. I missed my second shot by about 1 inch left of center. At least 2 shooters hit the meerkat. The guy with the .32-40 was getting a setting for the meerkat swinger we put up for that purpose. He hit is 8/10 shots off the bench. It's the size of a woodchuck.
Last week we shot our .22 match. For scoped rifles, it is a 3 minute match where every target is 3MOA for that range. Targets set at 50, 100, 150 and 200. The 50 yd target looks like a Necco wafer on a piece of string. After shooting that match this week, the size of the targets for this week's match was like shooting at a barn.
These groups are why I love 2400 in cast bullet rifle loads.