I continue to provide support for the guns that are in the field. For some time, I've needed a 45-08 Bishop slug. I'd ammended the tooling for the previous 45 series, but needed a fresh cutter for this slug. I just completed it, and a test mold.



Great start. For this testing, I was shooting it just under 800 fps for the 300.1 grain slug.



I shoot a bunch of these ... as with the first ... two close and one away. Here's about a 1" group at 50 yards.



This is approx. a MOA group (or 1/2" at 50 yards). This is a bit over.



Then .... you shoot one of these! Rub your eyes, and walk up to the backer.



Three shots @ 50 yards! Wow. Did I do that?



Measure the total width ...



and subtract the slug's diameter .... .197" Center to Center. That's well under 1/2 MOA.



So ... I figured I just might try this ... edge shot at 50 yards.



And ... I hit it! The card was just a bit off perfectly straight with the bench.

I'm quite pleased with the new slug, and feel good about the tooling. (The gun isn't too bad either ...

Gary



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/08/2009 09:23PM by barnespneumatic.

That's a dandy , all were plenty good enough for snake doctor hunting, but that one was keeper for sure. Good read and pics thanks for posting it.

Gary,

Now I want some of those. Are they .465 or .464? Shooting the card would make a great movie.

Keith

Hello Keith,

I wanted to explore the .465" and I needed the new cutter to do so. Slugging the barrel gave me a target window, but only the range will say what is correct. This slug is great @ .465". We'll see to it that this is what you get. That does not mean that every slug design will demand the same size. Some will want to ride more shallow in the grooves.

Gary

Gary,

Its amazing how much effort goes into creating the proper slug for a specific rifle. It's really amazing. With modern firearms, you just pick up several boxes of ammo and see which works the best. This is on a whole different level. Makes you think of what rifle shooting was all about before the age of modern firearms when every rifle was hand made and unique. I can't wait to try the new slugs out.

Keith

Keith,
We have not been able to make the Bishops you ordered yet as the mold was the backside of another mold that Gary needed to keep on hand. Lucky for you eh? We'll get you the new Bishops as soon as we can.

Jerry,

No problem. I still have slugs to shoot.

Keith

Gary,

Nice! I've always preffered Bishops.