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And...The price of lead just went up !

THEBASTARD001 by Rick Mulhern, on Flickr

Before I developed two herniated disc in my back and could shoot prone I took THE BASTARD out and tested these PP loads from 1000 yards. I shot ten rounds just testing to see what the vertical would be and if I had corrected for wind all shots would have been in the 20" ten ring. As it was the rifle still delivered a 98.

68999d9b by Rick Mulhern, on Flickr

, lawd have mercy on my soul men.

Nice rifle and damn good shooting Rick, you don't have to tell me why you call it "The Bastard"

' tis so,....

Rick, what's the weight of that one ?

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Cross, I believe it's one of these^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

So yes, 16lb bull barrel guns, I gotta stay the hell outta this forum. ;]

Just went and patched 40 more 705 gr 50 cal bullets, they'll be ready for a rooster lube dip tonight, then ready for loading and the shell belt in the morning.

That belt with dang near a half pound of lead would pull my drawers down around my ankles!

LOL, there may be 4lbs of lead there in bullet heads alone, never mind the brass powder primers and belt.

I put four of these rounds into a bit less than 2" group the other day Woody, it's 110 grs of Schutzen 2FG under these 705 gr paper patch bullets.

About to go out and chrono five to get an average velocity and es number, I'll report back.

Sounds good. My belt full of 520 gr Gov't bullets makes me walk sideways can't image one full of your artillery shells!

LOL, cool damn sport we've been manipulated into participating in by the likes of ET and Sharpsguy aint it?

10-4...and thinking I had enough lead a few yrs ago to last a life time.

LOL, lead wont last with the big 45's and 50's ;]

My 705 gr load ran 1244 fps average with an es of 14 fps, I think I'll leave it be and hunt it.

Lotta momentum there Woody.

That would make a tyrannosaur weak in the knees!

Got a buddy that lives two miles north of me and he told me a while back...."You've been shooting that cannon again!" He told me I can tell when cause that big bullet hitting that steel is a lot louder than that .45 of yours!

He's right....it is a very distinct difference!

The range here is just over the field about 1 1/4 miles away. My wife can tell by the sound when I change rifles by the way the .50 sounds

I don't know what is going on here on this forum but it wont let me type more then 2 or 3 letter with out locking up the curser.It just blinks this stinks!!!

LOL, would love to bust a bison square on the shoulder at a quartering on angle to see if he gets weak in the knees.

Agreed Rick and Kurt, my 50 has a distinctly different sound than all my other black powder cartridge rifles, I've heard a slight high pitched whine just in front of the BOOMMM, damn near sounds like field artillery.

One day I shot my .45-90 at the public range, and it was mostly people shooting black rifles. I touch off the first shot, and through plugs and headset, I hear a woman yell, "what the f___ was that?!" A .50 might be even more better