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 I head to Zim the end of May 2015 for a couple of tuskless. Mike gives me hell about my old Merkel .500 NE...but I like her. 45 yds off sticks. 570 gr CEB FPS, 96 gr R-15, Kynoch foam wad, Fed 215, Jameson brass. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | ||
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WOW nice shooting Lane. What velocity is that load giving you? Cheers, Chris DRSS | |||
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About 2135 fps. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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Absolutely awesome!! You're good to go  Deo Vindice, Don Sons of Confederate Veterans Black Horse Camp #780 | |||
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Lane, if you shoot that good with a Merkel just imagine what you could do with a real double!  Looks like the tuskless are in trouble.Mike | |||
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Maybe 4-5 years post obama...if any ele left...we'll find out. This is the old shoe-lump Merkel. It is a great rifle. Jorge is waiting for it to double but so far shot a few 100 with none. It fits me like a glove. I have a feeling everybody that doubled a Merkel...strummed the rear trigger. And yes...shoot front (right) to back (left)...just like I have shot my double barrel shotguns since I was about 14. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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At least we agree on R-15 and a Kynoch wad! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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Not a thing wrong with Merkel doubles. Nice shooting, too. I'd say you have her dialed in. | |||
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Nice! Looks ready to go! | |||
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Do you use F215 primers . . . just trying to find all the common ground I can.  Mike | |||
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Absolutely! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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Amen brothe SN! We have to be patient with Mike. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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My wife has said the same thing for 35 years. Mike | |||
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Dr. Easter, with that group and those bullets, who cares about velocity? The tuskless hefalumps are in major trouble. | |||
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Dead elephants is what I see there. Go gettum Doc! . | |||
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Lane I don't believe that group-  I am going to have to drop by one of these days and see how you shoot it for myself. Then we can hit that bar-b-que place you talked about--  "The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane." Mark Twain TANSTAAFL www.savannagems.com A unique way to own a piece of Africa. DSC Life NRA Life | |||
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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Lane, You are just about there. Try adding a couple of grains of powder and see if those groups don't fall right on top of each other. Sam | |||
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My rifle with this lot of R-15. Does not like any more powder. When I went to 97 gr...the primers got really flat and some of them extruded the crater margins into the firing pin hole. And...the groups were exactly the same. I then tried 96.5 gr and it did nothing either. I was afraid to go to 98. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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Man that looks good to me. DRSS Member | |||
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OK Lane you are good where you are. Not a problem with the way its shooting now. Sam | |||
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I do believe you are read, Doc! Doug Wilhelmi NRA Life Member | |||
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It certainly appears so Lane. Good shooting. | |||
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Thank you everyone for the kind replies.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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I would have thought a little more velocity would have brought your rights and lefts together a bit more, but if your rifle doesn't like more powder, I concur that you are ready to go as is. If you head to the range to practice some more, you may want to put a target up at ~22yds just to see what your rifle does, as a confidence builder. Spread should be half, and more likely than not you will be shooting inside of 22yds. (22yds being about half of the range you shot your group shown in the op.) Good luck! JPK  Free 500grains | |||
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Yes...John, I agree with you and Sam. That was the reason I tried to go on up. It just seems with this lot of R-15 and brass...that 96 gr is the most she safely wants. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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Good shooting, Lane! Have a great hunt! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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Thank you sir! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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