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So made it to a 100yd range:



Still seeing evidence of either a little wobble, or nose 'slump' tend to think that it is slumping from an alloy that is too soft....

Did a little hardness testing and have come to the conclusion that the 'labels' on my lead inventory may have been 'OFF'....

Got the inventory sorted out, realized that almost all of my first loads from initial workup to this 100yd target were shot with lead and a little tin, way too soft..
Hardened things up a bit, 9BHN and went back to the 100.....



Still seeing the slump or wobble, but seems to be less.... group size shrunk... 11 shots both targets.

Took the opportunity to perform an 'expansion' test, at 2', so velocity was right at 1020fps, damp sand....

Before: Dia .308


After: Dia .650






Next, will harden things a little more......

Stay tuned