Well, I shot this afternoon. I didn't get thru all the ammo I brought, was also shooting other guns.
These days, I tend to run out of gas before I run out of ammo. A few decades ago, it was always the other way around.
Pistol bullets shot very well, the 170 Gold Dot and the 180 XTP over RL-7 were both sub MOA. I used 44 gr. with the 170, 42 gr. with the 180. Nathan Foster in NZ likes the 170 GD more than the 180 XTP, says it holds up better at .358 velocities, suggest slowing the XTP down, full speed for the GD.
Those 180 gr. Midway FTX's that I mentioned earlier shot .9" over 42 gr. RL-7
The ten 200 gr. FTX loads I pictured, well I got thru half of them. 47 gr. 8208 and 48 gr. 748 were both MOA.
Speer 180 flat point 180's shot .85" with 42 gr. RL-7.
Midway had some more of those blue box 200 FTX's, so I bought another box. Bet they're 180's, but they do shoot well.
I've yet to try 225's and other loads.
I was worried about fouling, but a look thru the Hawkeye, not so bad. Gun is soaking with Patch Out and should clean up even easier than before. DBC works that way.
I don't remember a round with this many options and this much fun.
DF
