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Very nice! I'm wondering where I missed the boat on this bullet / powder combination. I think maybe my shooting just SUCKED that day.

LOL! I think that's true. Looks good, Guy. And like a nice place to just hang out.

Gerry, I would use a powder such as Accurate 4100 or Alliant 2400 in either .357, ,41, or .44 Mag. It is my understanding that Lil Gun is hard on the top strap just above the barrel/cylinder gap...flame cutting is the perceived issue. Supposedly Lil Gun produces higher temps. Besides, I have...

Well, there is no roll axis. The bullet's spin IS the roll axis, if you want to exercise liberty of imagination. The nose of the bullet can be in error in either pitch or yaw, or a combination of the two. In search of an illustration, I ran across a webpage I had never seen. I think it might...

Those bullets may or may not have been overstabilized. They were overspun, for sure.

The purpose of the post is to attempt to explain why a bullet will fly with its rotational axis tangent to the trajectory arc following a comment on the thread Fotis started. It IS pretty much just a theoretical discussion. Those who attempt shots at the ranges required for over stabilization...

Well. Three days up, 80 views, and not a single comment. I have to wonder if what I've said makes no sense to anyone but myself. Maybe I failed to explain some key point. Did I leave something important out of the explanation??

I hope you guys find this worth reading... I wanted to try and explain this with accompanying graphics, but I was unable to easily find suitable images and my skills with drawing software would probably lead to more confusion than clarification. So, I will try to simply use words. Starting at...

Okay, gents...I am posting a write-up in the forum in a new thread.

Congrats, Mr. Beretz, and a salute! I have a feeling this is going to lead to an increase in powder, primer, and bullet consumption on your part. Good for you!

I'm working with a new-to-me rifle in .280, and I have found that velocities are considerably lower using the loads I had worked up for the previous rifle. It takes 1.4 more grains of H4831 to get velocity back up to 2920 fps using the same powder lot. Fire-formed cases from the new rifle hold...

Whoa. Sorry for the mixup, somewhere along the line I got to thinking we were talking Leupold. I'm sure the Red field 4-12x would be great, though.

I really liked my VX-II 4-12Xs, they were nice and clear...my VX-II 6-18Xs, not so much. I've culled almost all the older stuff and gone with VX-3s, and really like my 3.5-10s and 4.5-14s. The 6.5-20s on my .22 center fires were a real step up also. If you're going to stay with the VX-2 line...

Welcome Dan, I share your views on the nature of this forum and find it to be pretty refreshing after a few minutes of reading all the ball-busting and personal attacks so prevalent on other sites. We enjoy a lot of real world experience presented with a generous helping of humility also. This...

I'll give it a shot, Whitesheep. It will take me a while to write it, find out it is confusing and sucks, rewrite it and lose it because I forgot to save it, then rewrite it once again. ;) Once I get my act together I'll share it right here in this thread. It sure won't be tonight, though.

Back when there was a confirmed new record sniper kill at some ridiculous range---something like 3000 meters, I did a little fiddling around to get an idea whether overstabilization would have affected the shot. If I recall correctly, the muzzle would have had to be elevated about 5 to 6 degrees...

I think it may become necessary for the States to declare the federal government illegitimate, and all federal law null and void before it's all said and done. I read the Constitution the other day and it struck me as though it was an agreement among the States to allow a central government with...

That's a good question. I've given that some thought, and when looking at QuickLOAD results it's my opinion that if it tells you the powder will burn 100% at pressures below what you intend to run, then you can be at least somewhat confident you'll get that 100% burn. If you're on the cusp of...

I've been led to believe that a suppressor will generally cause higher pressures. I don't know it for a fact, but I believe it.

QL's default value is 65.8 grains of water. There is no option for selecting a manufacturer.