We have another round of deer rifle season coming up and it’s calling for snow. I don’t take my 1895 out in wet weather so I loaded up 44mag with IMR4227 but found 2 different loads. I couldn’t remember which one was for my rifle and which was for my buddies rifle so I loaded 6 of each. I quickly found out when the 24.6gr load shot a 5” group. I put 3 of the 24gr load in and it printed about 1.5” so a little adjusting to the left and it’s good. I wish I loaded more cause this little H&R handi rifle is fun to shoot. I then switched over to the CVA optima with loose 777 and 300gr xtp set off with a cci mag primer. I usually use Blackhorn 209 but switched due to the price gouging of BH209. The 300gr xtp shoots well with BH209 but did not like 777. That’s the 2 holes that are at 3 and 6 o’clock. I cleaned the barrel and tried a Barnes 250gr TEZ with 100gr 777 and it shot 10 o’clock. The next 2 shots were at 7 o’clock. I am down to 4 Barnes bullets and no one sells them locally so I just left it alone. It’s still minute of deer at 100yards. I may get out before season and play with 777 loads and the 300gr xtp to see if it will shoot better.
Last but not least I had picked up some 124gr Gold Dot +P so decided to see how they shot in my new Shield plus. 20ft (walked) I fired 5 freehand and think I did pretty well.
I had the range to myself cause it was 30 degrees and was able to take my time and just relax from the “normal” world.
