416 JDJ

[Lee Martin]

I took a couple of days off last week and did some shooting. One session was with my 416 JDJ Contender and boy could I hold nice 4-shot groups at 50 yards (all day I walked the 5th). Oh well, the gun is capable.



I fired formed 100 cases using 47.0 of RL-7 under a 400 gr Hornady. I chrono'd the load years ago and it's going around 1,850 fps.

Unformed round (left), fire-formed case (right)



Bench-rested, 50 yards, 2x scope:





Pounds the hand pretty hard, but I got through 100 rounds. In fact, the day was full of "100's"......100 rounds of 416, 100 rounds of 500 Maximum, and 100+ degree heat.

-Lee
www.singleactions.com
"Building carpal tunnel one round at a time"

[hammerdown77]

Hundreds of tiny bone fractures... ;D

[Lee Martin]

I hope you're wrong . Joking aside, volume shooting has made me more proficient with my 500 Maximum. Recoil is up there, but in no way physically draining. With heavy gloves and concentration these cannons are quite shootable (and I'm talking full throttle). I had 2 one-hundred round sessions with mine over the weekend using 525's @ 1,330 fps. Add to that a 100 pulls of 416 JDJ and I was no worse for wear.

My 500 Max has digested 700 rounds of that 525 level and my shooting has improved with each sitting. And I'm still on-track to hit my goal of 1,000 rounds by year-end. Is that a lot? Yes, of course it is but I hope to prove a point. If built right (and nearly all of the 500 Maxs I've seen are), they'll take high volume. I've held-up equally well and can routinely put five shots in 3- 4" at 50 yards from the bench (sometimes smaller). The only thing that hasn't held-up is my wallet. At $63 per 100 bullets it takes dough to feed these monsters.

-Lee
www.singleactions.com
"Building carpal tunnel one round at a time"

[whitworth]

Nice work as usual, Lee! We will have another extended session this Saturday. I am looking forward to it!

[squawberryman]

Knowledge please sir. As there many gimmick gloves out there, what covers your hand when you shoot sir? Thank you, Greg

[Lee Martin]

You're gonna laugh Greg, but I use $3 work gloves I bought from Lowes back in 2003. The only alteration was to cut the trigger finger off. I've tried a fair number of shooting gloves but none work as well for me as these cheapos.

They pretty much look like this pair:



-Lee
www.singleactions.com
"Building carpal tunnel one round at a time"

[whitworth]

I found these ProAim gloves to not be gimicky in the least. Picked them up for a song and a dance and they work really well.

[groo]

Groo here
Don't you hate those JDJ guns?
I jave a 45-70 and a 411 JDJ and I still cant find out how they get the radar in the bullet.

[Lee Martin]

They are strong on paper. I have an 8mm JDJ too and it tears ragged little holes with 4X glass.

-Lee
www.singleactions.com
"Building carpal tunnel one round at a time"

[vonfatman]

Nice shooting Lee. I am always impressed to see such shooting from a strong revolver. Zeus can punch holes for the longest time and I am perfectly happy to spot his shots with muffs over plugs.

Seems so punishing. My hat is off to you and others who have mastered such control.

Bob

[whitworth]

This Saturday will be another extended session......standby.