During the testing with the unmodifi ed bullets, it caused
me great consternation to chamber the white speckled bul- lets, watching the lead oxide shave off the side of the bullet as it squeezed into the chamber. I said a prayer to the barrel gods, and after fouling (in the worst way) the barrel, I fi red off 37 rounds to achieve two 10-shot groups. Surprisingly, the two groups were 0.530 and 0.492 inch, when discounting the ruptured case strikes on the target. I was shocked. The groups were nice and round with little to complain about, aside from the all-too-frequent case rupture and whatever possible damage I was causing to the test barrel. Moving on to the modifi ed rounds, again I was sur-
prised as to the results. The fouling group was much more uniform, but the following two 10-shot groups were almost identical to the unmodifi ed bullets. The fi rst group measured 0.541 inch and the second at 0.522 inch. Looking at the results, all I can come up with is that
once the barrel is fouled, it really doesn’t matter if the bullets are crusty or not — this ammunition shoots about one-half inch groups at 50 yards. Of course there is the issue of bar- rel damage, and personally there is no way I would use any ammunition in this condition, but surprisingly the Anschutz match barrel just spit them out like there was nothing to it. If I happened to have a case or so of the ammunition, then without a doubt I would run it through the D Rock tool, re- lube the bullets and have at it. Of course there is some of the lead oxide that will come in contact from the bullet’s nose, but I wouldn’t get bent out of shape about it on a simple sporting rimfi re rifl e.
VOSTOK TARGET This ammunition popped up a few years ago on Sports-
man’s Guide, an online sporting goods company. From time to time they run some pretty good deals on ammunition, and one of these specials that caught my eye was the Vostok Target ammunition. Looking back, I think I paid about $90 for 2,500 rounds of ammunition. I heard a few mixed reviews on the bulk Russian rimfi re ammunition, but I fi gured that if it didn’t shoot very well, I could just save it for my boys when they learn to shoot. When the box of Vostok arrived, I had fun opening the
heavy shipping box and steel monster sardine tin. Inside the tin were heavy wax paper bricks, adorned with an interesting label – in English. Digging into a brick, I opened up one of the 50-round boxes and could see a somewhat crudely made .22 LR round with a dry 40-grain lead bullet atop a ghastly crimped case. Looking closer, the loaded round looked a little strange
to my fi nely calibrated eye, as if the bullet were oversized. With a quick check, the caliper confi rmed an outside diameter of 0.228 inch. Of course I had to see if they would chamber, and by the time I had picked up the fi fth rifl e, still no dice. The bullets were too large to even get halfway down the chamber. Completely frustrated, I set the ammunition aside in the
back of the safe and forgot about it, until I was working with the D-Rock tool on the CIL ammunition. It struck me that if I ran the Vostok through the die, they would all have a bullet outside diameter of 0.225" and then fi t in the chamber. That process of running the loaded rounds into the die to create
ZEISS
PRomoTIon $100 VICToRY REBATE | $50 ConQUEST REBATE
QUALIfYIng RIfLESCoPES
$100 mAIL-In REBATE VICToRY 3-12x56 4-16x50 6-24x56 6-24x72
Diarange models excluded.
$50 mAIL-In REBATE ConQUEST
3-9x40
4.5-14x44 3.5-10x50 6.5-20x50
3.5-10x44 3-9x50
4.5-14x50 Not valid with any other offer.
RAPID-Z®
BALLISTIC RETICLE
Now until December 31, receive a $100 or $50 mail-in rebate when you purchase a qualifying Victory or Conquest riflescope with RapiD-Z® ZEiSS dealer or visit
zeiss.com/sports for promotion details.
reticle. See your authorized
www.varminthunter.org
Page 23
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112 |
Page 113 |
Page 114 |
Page 115 |
Page 116 |
Page 117 |
Page 118 |
Page 119 |
Page 120 |
Page 121 |
Page 122 |
Page 123 |
Page 124 |
Page 125 |
Page 126 |
Page 127 |
Page 128 |
Page 129 |
Page 130 |
Page 131 |
Page 132 |
Page 133 |
Page 134 |
Page 135 |
Page 136 |
Page 137 |
Page 138 |
Page 139 |
Page 140 |
Page 141 |
Page 142 |
Page 143 |
Page 144 |
Page 145 |
Page 146 |
Page 147 |
Page 148 |
Page 149 |
Page 150 |
Page 151 |
Page 152 |
Page 153 |
Page 154 |
Page 155 |
Page 156 |
Page 157 |
Page 158 |
Page 159 |
Page 160 |
Page 161 |
Page 162 |
Page 163 |
Page 164 |
Page 165 |
Page 166 |
Page 167 |
Page 168 |
Page 169 |
Page 170 |
Page 171 |
Page 172 |
Page 173 |
Page 174 |
Page 175 |
Page 176 |
Page 177 |
Page 178 |
Page 179 |
Page 180 |
Page 181 |
Page 182 |
Page 183 |
Page 184 |
Page 185 |
Page 186 |
Page 187 |
Page 188 |
Page 189 |
Page 190 |
Page 191 |
Page 192 |
Page 193 |
Page 194 |
Page 195 |
Page 196 |
Page 197 |
Page 198 |
Page 199 |
Page 200 |
Page 201 |
Page 202 |
Page 203 |
Page 204 |
Page 205 |
Page 206 |
Page 207 |
Page 208 |
Page 209 |
Page 210 |
Page 211 |
Page 212