Or is that Rossi 44 Magnum Carbine?
Whatever...I tried to use some handloads with the max load of 800X and a 180 grain Hornady XTP bullet but the load was blowing out the primer holes to be too big. I scaled down the load by two steps (per the Hornady manual) and it shot them pretty good to 50 yards today.
Problem was that the one piece scope mount started coming loose as I tried to sight in the Vortex red dot scope I just bought for the gun. The screws a a little too skinny for the holes in the mount so I bought some blue Lok-Tight and put it on the screws. I'll let it cure for 24 hours and hopefully they'll keep the mount tight.
The first load I tried was a max load because the Hornady manual states that you should try to use as close to a max load as possible in a rifle. Funny that the max load would do that to the cases but "Oh, well".
I just want the gun to shoot well at 100 yards at the most for hunting in the thick woods we have around here.
Whatever...I tried to use some handloads with the max load of 800X and a 180 grain Hornady XTP bullet but the load was blowing out the primer holes to be too big. I scaled down the load by two steps (per the Hornady manual) and it shot them pretty good to 50 yards today.
Problem was that the one piece scope mount started coming loose as I tried to sight in the Vortex red dot scope I just bought for the gun. The screws a a little too skinny for the holes in the mount so I bought some blue Lok-Tight and put it on the screws. I'll let it cure for 24 hours and hopefully they'll keep the mount tight.
The first load I tried was a max load because the Hornady manual states that you should try to use as close to a max load as possible in a rifle. Funny that the max load would do that to the cases but "Oh, well".
I just want the gun to shoot well at 100 yards at the most for hunting in the thick woods we have around here.
