Bullet Casting Woes

[villiers]

This whole casting business is turning into rocket science. I´ve not tried it on a full moon etc. but re-melting the duds is no great bother. Can now get most rounds into the standard 10 inch German paper target at 300 metres and even (sometimes) some quite good groups. Think that might be coming up to my limitations, though the Werder could well be better.

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[jmoore]

Can now get most rounds into the standard 10 inch German paper target at 300 metres and even (sometimes) some quite good groups. Think that might be coming up to my limitations, though the Werder could well be better.

At this point, could it be the Werder's sights that's the major limitation? 3+ MOA at longish carbine distance seems pretty good.

[villiers]

At this point, could it be the Werder's sights that's the major limitation? 3+ MOA at longish carbine distance seems pretty good.

I expect, at this point, it might well be ... ME. I´m looking around for someone who´s a bit better, but the others at the range stay at max. 100 metres with arm long telescopic lenses so they´re not much help. The Werder (and me) are not all that much worse than me with the LE No. 5.

[Patrick Chadwick]

Can now get most rounds into the standard 10 inch German paper target at 300 metres and even (sometimes) some quite good groups. Think that might be coming up to my limitations, though the Werder could well be better.

Patrick, I don't see (yet!) that you have any problem with the Werder. In fact, if you can get the shots inside 10" at 300 meters, that is very, very good with open sights and the short sight radius. The standard ISSF 300 meter target, as used by the BDMP and others, has a 10cm "10" with the rings at 5cm intervals, so all shots within 10" would translate as all shots well within the "8" ring. Just what is the problem - that shooting seems good to me!