Great .500 NE Cast Bullet Load

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29 January 2007, 02:36

MJines

Great .500 NE Cast Bullet Load

Here is a picture of a target I shot today with my Merkel .500 NE double. The load was a 515 grain cast bullet with no gas check (Moyer's Cast Bullets) over 40 grains of AA5744. Velocity was 1305 fps. Damn. And the recoil is non-existent. What a fun load.

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29 January 2007, 04:21

Mike Brooks

quote:
"Git as close as y' can, laddie -- an' then git ten yards closer."

So does this mean the target was 20' away??

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29 January 2007, 04:35

MJines

Range was with the muzzle against the target.

No, it was 25 yards.

No filler, just 40 grains of AA5744, a CCI magnum primer and the Moyer 515 grain cast bullet.

29 January 2007, 07:13

Bill Cooley

You need to stop posting targets like that everyone knows that you canâ€™t get a double to shoot with anything but the regulated load.
Good job.
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29 January 2007, 19:16

bobc

Mike, I've also had great luck with 5744 plinkers in the 450-400. I have used Federal 210's. Although very accurate, I have a fair amount of unburned powder. What about your loads with the magnum primers? I wonder if the hotter primer would reduce the unburned powder. Bob

29 January 2007, 20:20

MJines

BobC, 5744 is a "dirty" powder in my experience. When I looked down the bores yesterday after about eight rounds, there was some particulate in the bore but not much. I ran a boresnake through it once and it looked clean as a whistle.

Rusty, here is a link to the Moyer's website:

http://www.moyerscastbullets.com/

29 January 2007, 20:50

degoins

bobc,
i've tried plain and magnum primers with 5744 and can tell no difference. in fact with all the Accurate brand powders that i've used i have lots of granules left over........some worse than others. that's my only gripe with them. at the range it's no big deal, but while hunting it can be a problem because i've had the granules keep me from fully seating a cartridge on a follow up shot using a single shot falling block rifle (shiloh).

31 January 2007, 06:49

fla3006

5744 is a great powder for reduced big bore loads using cast bullets w/o filler. I shot a "touching" group with my 510Wells at 50 yards, also good results with 458Lott and 375H&H. Granted, these are out of single barrels at fairly close range but tight groups just the same.