Finally had the weather warm up enough to let me get out and shoot the new gun. As the picture shows, it's a 445 Super Mag case, necked down to .357 caliber. Before you tell me how wimpy this is, keep in mind I'm only doing this because of the ridiculous cartridge restrictions Indiana puts on rifles that are legal for deer hunting. I didn't chronograph these loads yet because I wasn't sure how good the accuracy would be. As it turns out, I'm glad I didn't bother, because the closer to a max load I got, the worse the groups were! With the charge of 4227 I was using, there were no signs of pressure and Quickload thinks they would be safe, as well.
I want to try some H110, and Li'l Gun with these FTX bullets, then I want to try all three powders with the 180gr Hornady SSP bullet, if Midway ever has them in stock again.
Overall, I'm not satisfied with this round, yet but hopefully another powder/bullet combination will give better results.
I want to try some H110, and Li'l Gun with these FTX bullets, then I want to try all three powders with the 180gr Hornady SSP bullet, if Midway ever has them in stock again.
Overall, I'm not satisfied with this round, yet but hopefully another powder/bullet combination will give better results.
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