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Well I got some bullets from a fellow member, Hornady 250gr xtp's 45 cal. A member of another forum and good friend tried these in his new Henry CCH 45 colt. So I wanted to try them in my Marlin and Rossi rifles. He was using 2400, and I have a good bit of it on hand. Loads were 19.8, 20.0, and 20.2, and it seems both rifles preferred different loads. Distance was about just a little more than 50yds.
First off was the Marlin aiming at the top dot, believe it a bit low but a good group. then the hole with the circle was after a small adjustment, which wasn't enough. So after 2 more notches we got the 4 above.

RP

Nice shootin Randy. Thats a darn good group with that Marlin

That was a good load test Randy. I use the 20 grain load for the hotter rounds of Colt 45 with that bullet also.

BigAl52 wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 17, 2021 9:09 pm

Nice shootin Randy. Thats a darn good group with that Marlin

Thanks Al, I'm gonna make one of Forty's little peeps and try on it.
The diamond just mess's with my eye's, I can turn it around, but I want to try the redneck peep first.

RP

fortyshooter wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 17, 2021 9:15 pm

That was a good load test Randy. I use the 20 grain load for the hotter rounds of Colt 45 with that bullet also.

Thanks, gonna try out one of your peeps and see what.

RP

Vaquero wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 17, 2021 9:18 pm

BigAl52 wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 17, 2021 9:09 pm

Nice shootin Randy. Thats a darn good group with that Marlin

Thanks Al, I'm gonna make one of Forty's little peeps and try on it.
The diamond just mess's with my eye's, I can turn it around, but I want to try the redneck peep first.

RP

Thats a good name for Fortys Peep sight. What do you think Forty

BigAl52 wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 17, 2021 9:47 pm

Vaquero wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 17, 2021 9:18 pm

BigAl52 wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 17, 2021 9:09 pm

Nice shootin Randy. Thats a darn good group with that Marlin

Thanks Al, I'm gonna make one of Forty's little peeps and try on it.
The diamond just mess's with my eye's, I can turn it around, but I want to try the redneck peep first.

RP

Thats a good name for Fortys Peep sight. What do you think Forty

I like "Cheap Peep" the best! Using High Speed blade material it was designed to cut thru the tough market of expensive lever rifle peep sights!!

Looks good to me!
Jake

Very cool on the sight AND being able to shoot your 45 in the backyard. Hey, I think we need to have a poll on what to name forty's peep.

fortyshooter wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 18, 2021 10:35 am

BigAl52 wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 17, 2021 9:47 pm

Vaquero wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 17, 2021 9:18 pm

Thanks Al, I'm gonna make one of Forty's little peeps and try on it.
The diamond just mess's with my eye's, I can turn it around, but I want to try the redneck peep first.

RP

Thats a good name for Fortys Peep sight. What do you think Forty

I like "Cheap Peep" the best! Using High Speed blade material it was designed to cut thru the tough market of expensive lever rifle peep sights!!

(Cheep Peep).

I like it. and just finished one for the Marlin.
I trimmed the one on the BBB and painted both and waiting on the to dry.

RP

Cheap redneck sight.

Good shooting, nice to shoot in your yard.

Nice testing Randy. It's very clear each rifle had it's preferred load. Any idea what kind of velocity you're getting with those loads? Or at least what the book says you should be getting.

Paul

Headhog wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 18, 2021 2:27 pm

Nice testing Randy. It's very clear each rifle had it's preferred load. Any idea what kind of velocity you're getting with those loads? Or at least what the book says you should be getting.

Paul

I don't own a chrono, but according to the Hornady manual.
And a noticeable difference in recoil compared to the cast that I usually shoot.

RP

I posted these results else where and two different people said they had good results with 18.5 grs. of 2400.
So me, I loaded 10 and tried 'em.
In the Rossi first and third in the orange.
With the Marlin first second touched, the far left was operator error, knew when I pulled the trigger.

RP

That Marlin seems to like 2400. 19.8gr looks pretty good.

Someone should fire operator error he’s always just a nuisance

Thanks Randy. That big ole 250 gr. bullet is moving along. Being jacketed allows you to push that faster than cast lead. I tried pushing some 250 gr. cast bullets, but about the fastest I could get was 1080 fps.

Paul

Paul, I mostly shoot cast and enjoy them a lot., I was just playin with these jacketed pills.
I don't push the cast to fast, just like a nice accurate load to bang the gongs around.

RP