I was cleaning up my work table and found a couple of targets that I decided to post and share their story.
Both targets were shot at 20 yards with me sitting with my arms resting on my gun case.
Both of these bullets are from Lee molds. One mold drops .451 200gn and one drops .451 255gn bullets. Shot as cast in my guns, I can manage 2.5 inch groups at 20 yards. Since I wanted to see if bullet fit was the problem, I 1) sized the 200gn bullet from .451 to .432 and "beagled" the 255gn bullet to drop at .453.
The .44 Mag target has examples of before and after sizing the bullet down to .432. As you can see, the squashed bullet resembles a slug of lead yet it gives target grade accuracy.
The 255gn bullet used with the Pietta SAA only gained .002 yet the group went from 2.5 inches to 1 inch and that is with an old man's eyes.
BTW, the sizing job just happened to work with the Lee 200gn .45 bullet but it won't work with a 255 gn as you need closer tolerances on the dye to keep lead from forming a flange on the bullet.
Both targets were shot at 20 yards with me sitting with my arms resting on my gun case.
Both of these bullets are from Lee molds. One mold drops .451 200gn and one drops .451 255gn bullets. Shot as cast in my guns, I can manage 2.5 inch groups at 20 yards. Since I wanted to see if bullet fit was the problem, I 1) sized the 200gn bullet from .451 to .432 and "beagled" the 255gn bullet to drop at .453.
The .44 Mag target has examples of before and after sizing the bullet down to .432. As you can see, the squashed bullet resembles a slug of lead yet it gives target grade accuracy.
The 255gn bullet used with the Pietta SAA only gained .002 yet the group went from 2.5 inches to 1 inch and that is with an old man's eyes.
BTW, the sizing job just happened to work with the Lee 200gn .45 bullet but it won't work with a 255 gn as you need closer tolerances on the dye to keep lead from forming a flange on the bullet.