Tom W.

I chronographed my current load Sunday for my Encore pistol in .454. It was a 300 grain Lee cast bullet @ 1760 fps. Do you suppose that if I hit something with that it would be harmful?
Or are all of the woodland creatures wearing kevlar now?


I also was shooting long range, and hit a small metal chicken @ 950 yards with my .308.... The other critters were from 500 yards and up, with 950 being the farthest. I kept shooting just below a "coke can" sized chicken @ 800, but my son hit it with one of his rifles.
All in all it was a good shoot!

Bountyhunter

I'm voting, damage will be done with that load.

I haven't done any real long range shooting in many years.

gunman42782

Me either. The range I work at is 330 yards at longest shot.

44s Rock

Something that far would have to be the size of a truck for me to see it!

XLCH

I was thinking about something about the size of a 747, old eyes you know.

gunman42782

That is why they make scopes, guys.

tx gun runner

WOW ..... 1760 fps with a cast bullet is is very fast . What is your lead mix and powder ? The highest fps I got without leading is 1450 in any gun with a 25 to 1 using a ungas check bullet . 950 yard " WOW " I would love to able shoot on that range

44s Rock

Scopes are for wimps!

XLCH

And almost blind folks

Tom W.

Gunrunner, the bullet is a Lee 300 grain g/c cast with a/c ww lubed with White Label Lube's Carnauba Red. the load is 29.5 gr of Lil' Gun, and the barrel of the Encore is a stock 12 incher, with a 2x7 Burris, and Burris signature select rings.
The fired brass is fine, no extraction problems, no sign of excessive pressure, no flattened primers.... And Starline brass...Oh, no leading, either..

I was really surprised when I shot over the chrony. The loads were very consistent. My .308 was running close to 2700 fps, give or take a few. These were with 168 gr. A-Max and Re15, altho I did try some 175 MatchKings with IMR 4895. They did almost as well.
My .308 is a single shot Savage model 12 BVSS-S, with a Leatherwood Expert scope. I wish it was the mil-dot model, but that came out shortly after I bought this scope.

This was the first time I've ever shot anything past 200 yards with my .308. I did shoot at a 1000 yard target a few years ago with my sons rifle, he dialed it in and I shot 5 shots on a human silhouette. I got 4 kills and a shoulder shot. My son took me to this current range, out in the middle of nowhere in BFE, Georgia. It's a private place, but the owner doesn't care who shoots there, as long as you clean up and repaint and reset the targets when you're finished.

Snuffy

Shooting accross the county these days are ya? Shawn would be shooting accross his state lol.

Bountyhunter

Tom W.

You never know when it might come in handy... The Towel Heads are filling up OUR Country fast.. Worse than the Illegal Mexicans.

deputy125

i'm going to quit worrying about the muslims and the illegals...........at the rate this Country is going, we ain't going to need any destructive help........we are going to implode on our own..................

Bountyhunter

That's how I feel about it too, Deputy.