To the MODS...
If this is in the wrong place feel free to move it. Kinda didn't fit in handloading or rifle country so...
I reload 45 LC. For the longest time my chosen load has been 200gr lead bullet out of a Win 94AE with 20" barrel. Muzzle velocity for the load is around 1200 FPS plus or minus 50 FPS.
I switched over to a more historically accurate 255 gr lead bullet. The load I'm using pops out the end of the barrel at 1050 FPS plus or minus 50 FPS.
I zero my Winchester at 50 yards and had a good zero with the 200gr bullets.
Now here's the question.
When I went to the heavier bullet and less velocity I fully expected to have to rezero my Winchester and I did. I expected that with a heavier, slower bullet I'd have to raise the rear sight to raise the point of impact.
Man was I wrong. The slower heavier bullets point of impact was a full 9" higher than the faster lighter bullet.
HUH?
What the heck is going on here?
If this is in the wrong place feel free to move it. Kinda didn't fit in handloading or rifle country so...
I reload 45 LC. For the longest time my chosen load has been 200gr lead bullet out of a Win 94AE with 20" barrel. Muzzle velocity for the load is around 1200 FPS plus or minus 50 FPS.
I switched over to a more historically accurate 255 gr lead bullet. The load I'm using pops out the end of the barrel at 1050 FPS plus or minus 50 FPS.
I zero my Winchester at 50 yards and had a good zero with the 200gr bullets.
Now here's the question.
When I went to the heavier bullet and less velocity I fully expected to have to rezero my Winchester and I did. I expected that with a heavier, slower bullet I'd have to raise the rear sight to raise the point of impact.
Man was I wrong. The slower heavier bullets point of impact was a full 9" higher than the faster lighter bullet.
HUH?
What the heck is going on here?