Recent content by R.A.D. Dad

I did a little shooting with it back around the time I first got it, but never really bench rested it so the groups would be all over the place and I'd chalk it up to poor form....which I certainly have shooting off hand. I've only recently begun shooting again, having joined a gun club. And...

Scope is staying spot on. Once I got the scope zeroed I haven't messed with it. After running 30-40 rounds through the gun and then having the groups go wild I'd come back a couple days later with new ammo, the first five or six would be spot on again, and then again groups get worse and worse...

I'm frustrated with my rifle. It's a Marlin 1894 44 mag, about 10 years old. It has a brand new Leupold 2-7X Rifleman scope on it. After getting the scope zeroed in I noticed my groups would go from 2-3 inch groups the first 8-10 shots to larger and larger groups there after, and after about...

I'm loading up 44 mags for my Marlin. I just got some Laser-cast round nose and I'm having a problem with the roll crimp. To get the proper LOA I can't seat the bullet all the way down to the crimp groove. I use the RCBS dies which seats the bullet and crimps with the same die. After adjusting...

How can you tell if your barrel is copper fouled? Can my barrel still be copper fouled even when it appears I've done a thorough cleaning?

So the Laser-Cast probably wouldn't be good for loading up a stout round for deer hunting then? I push my FMJ's up around 1800 FPS

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Yes, it does have the micro-groove. How does that affect things?

Anyone? :)

Hi, I'm looking for help from those who have worked up loads for the Laser-Cast 44 magnum. I had been loading up cheap flat nosed FMJ factory seconds. I found that the accuracy, benched, at 100 yards was absolutely awful with those cheap bullets, groups of 10 inches or more. (I'd say that these...