Took the 480 Achilles to the Range

Jim Taylor
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 11:02 (1934 days ago)

I finally got caught up on the chores and took some time to go shooting today. The winds are gusting to 19 mph and it took some concentration to keep the shots where I wanted them. I was testing the powder coated 290 gr. Bittner bullet. I had them loaded with 12 gr. 2400 using a Winchester Large Pistol primer. All shots were at 25 yards shooting off a rolled up sleeping bag on the hood of my truck for a pistol rest.

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I am not sure exactly how I pulled that one shot out so far but I was aware of doing it when I did.

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Seems I pulled one out on this target also.

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Barrel stayed clean.

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I shot these pretty fast, fighting the wind. The gun will do a decent job if the guy holding it does his part.

Excellent shooting Jim!

Andy S
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 13:36 (1934 days ago) @ Jim Taylor

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Great results

steve todd
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 17:29 (1934 days ago) @ Jim Taylor

Powder coated or lubed shoot well.

Simply incredible for a heel bulleted revolver shooting

WB
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Friday, April 30, 2021, 07:56 (1932 days ago) @ Jim Taylor

You really have it dialed in. A .22 rimfire is heeled bulleted and we take that accuracy for granted. It's the soft lead of the rimfire filling the bore. Only when lube runs sparse do we begin having trouble there.

I'm certain, and have had some limited experience myself with a harder alloy heel bullet, accuracy can be tricky. It's difficult to get it to "bump" up to fill the bore if the size is not dead right. I've not tried it but been told BP and Pyrodex will help bump up bullets more so than smokless. But who wants to goo up a gun?!

You really have it shooting well.

Any idea as to velocity Jim?

backroadsrambler
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Saturday, May 01, 2021, 09:22 (1931 days ago) @ Jim Taylor

Thank you.

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