Damon555
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Now that I'm up to speed on the nuances of the Charter Arms Pit Bull 9mm it was time to get the point of impact issue under control. I hit the range today with 4 different loads using Missouri bullet company's 147 grain lead flat point bullet. As mentioned in my post initially reviewing the revolver it was shooting a little low using the Berry's plated 124 grain RN bullet. I figured that I could fix the problem with a heavier bullet........Well I was right.
Using 2 different charge weights of WSF the point of impact moved up significantly....A little too high....but if I stepped it up a little I think it could be where it needs to be. The 2 different charge weights of Unique....well the only thing I can say is WOW! It's very rare that I stumble on to what could be the best possible load right off the bat but this could be it....Point of impact was perfect and all 6 holes were within an inch of each other.
Just in case anyone was wondering I was shooting my groups @ about 10 yards....Yeah it may seem on the short side but being a snubby and all it's pretty tough to do load development much farther out than that...for me any way. I did shoot at some Bianchi plates at 25 yards and didn't have any problem knocking them down consistently.....probably 80% of the time. Which is fine by me.
After very little effort I think I've found my plinking load for the range......and the best part of it all is that each round is roughly only 10 cents each...Gotta love loading a box of extremely accurate range ammo for $5!
I learned some lessons with this little revolver....first of all is that a heavier bullet can raise your point of impact. Second, a 9mm revolver can be made to function very well even without the use of moon clips. Lastly, if I try hard enough I can get a snub nose revolver to shoot decent groups.
Now that I got my POI figured out it's time to bust out a bunch of ammo on the Dillon.
Using 2 different charge weights of WSF the point of impact moved up significantly....A little too high....but if I stepped it up a little I think it could be where it needs to be. The 2 different charge weights of Unique....well the only thing I can say is WOW! It's very rare that I stumble on to what could be the best possible load right off the bat but this could be it....Point of impact was perfect and all 6 holes were within an inch of each other.
Just in case anyone was wondering I was shooting my groups @ about 10 yards....Yeah it may seem on the short side but being a snubby and all it's pretty tough to do load development much farther out than that...for me any way. I did shoot at some Bianchi plates at 25 yards and didn't have any problem knocking them down consistently.....probably 80% of the time. Which is fine by me.
After very little effort I think I've found my plinking load for the range......and the best part of it all is that each round is roughly only 10 cents each...Gotta love loading a box of extremely accurate range ammo for $5!
I learned some lessons with this little revolver....first of all is that a heavier bullet can raise your point of impact. Second, a 9mm revolver can be made to function very well even without the use of moon clips. Lastly, if I try hard enough I can get a snub nose revolver to shoot decent groups.
Now that I got my POI figured out it's time to bust out a bunch of ammo on the Dillon.