Lee R.E.A.L bullets
Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 3:23 pm
Hi
Took my Shiloh 63 sporter to the range the other day to see what she would do.With me I took three types of bullets for comparison, just for the hell of it.The three bullets were: Lee 54 minie, Lee REAL and a Lyman maxi bullet.The range was fifty yards five shots at each target and the powder charge was 80 grains of 3f (all I had at the time) and RS Pryodex.
To my amazement the REAL bullet was the most accrurate of the lot shooting 4 of the five bullets into one ragged hole, followed by the maxi bullet which opened things up a bit but not by much and then came the minie bullet which spread the gropu out some but all the shots landed in the black of the bulleye.This was reapeted three times with the same results.Also want to add that this was loading loose using vaseline as a lubebecause I ran out of spg and couldn t get any before my tripto the range and the guns ' bore was wiped every five shots before using a different bullet.Another thing all this shooting and the breech never froze uP,
This In the future I plan to try one of the Lyman plains moulds just to see if that bullet will shoot as good as the Lee REAL one does.
Jeff
Took my Shiloh 63 sporter to the range the other day to see what she would do.With me I took three types of bullets for comparison, just for the hell of it.The three bullets were: Lee 54 minie, Lee REAL and a Lyman maxi bullet.The range was fifty yards five shots at each target and the powder charge was 80 grains of 3f (all I had at the time) and RS Pryodex.
To my amazement the REAL bullet was the most accrurate of the lot shooting 4 of the five bullets into one ragged hole, followed by the maxi bullet which opened things up a bit but not by much and then came the minie bullet which spread the gropu out some but all the shots landed in the black of the bulleye.This was reapeted three times with the same results.Also want to add that this was loading loose using vaseline as a lubebecause I ran out of spg and couldn t get any before my tripto the range and the guns ' bore was wiped every five shots before using a different bullet.Another thing all this shooting and the breech never froze uP,
This In the future I plan to try one of the Lyman plains moulds just to see if that bullet will shoot as good as the Lee REAL one does.
Jeff