3 Guns

[daveb]

Took the new 480 out, along with my Bisley 44 Mag, and my Freedom Arms 454.  The 44 and 454 shoot great with boring regularity, the FA put 5 shots into one big hole at 30 yards with a 290gr 45-270SAA over 13.0 ofHS6, and the 44 shows great promise with both the 305gr Lee and the Nosler 300gr seconds I bought, both bullets shot to almost the same POI with 300-MP pushing them along.  The 480 with the Hunter's supply bullets and HS6 were frustrating, but I am 99% certain it is the bullet, the worst of them were keyholing today at 30 yards, I was able to recover the ones that keyholed, but couldn't dig deep enough to recover ones that flew straight.  Was able to make hits on softball sized rocks at 50-60 yards with the ones that were completely filled out.

[contender]

You do have to balance the bullets with the powder etc. Once you find the right combination,, it'll make you smile!

[daveb]

Yes, I love that the Freedom Arms is so predictable, it is hard to find a load that doesn't shoot well in it, from 250s to 350s. The Ruger Bisley 44 Mag is almost the same, hoping once I have bullets that are decent the SBH 480 will follow suit.