RifleTom Heads to the Desert!

[ESquared]

Tom asked me to post these for him, as he's had great luck with MBC RNFP (Coated/HyTek) 180 Gr .357s, pushed by 11.5 gr of 2400. Great looking set-up and even better results. I'll let him fill in the details...
Nice shootin', T!

[Rifletom]

Hey, that was fast! Thanks a ton Evan. Those 180 loads worked better than I could have imagined. Between those and the 158's, I have two really good loads for my Henry. Now to test the Leupold on the .45 Colt. Thanks again Evan. Fun times.

[RanchRoper]

Nice shooting.

[Ernie]

100 yards? Good job shooting. Nice spotting scope by the way.

[Ojaileveraction]

RifleTom
We're is that?

[Rifletom]

100 yards? Good job shooting. Nice spotting scope by the way.

Ha! No, 50 yards. Lots of bullet drop at 100 yards. Had to hold over about 2 feet to try and hit some busted clays at the far berm.
The spotting scope a Meade "Wilderness" 15-45x65 I bought on clearance 3 years ago. It works well for my purposes. Thanks.

[Rifletom]

RifleTom
We're is that?

Burro Cyn. Shooting Park up Azusa Cyn north of Azusa off Hwy 39. Pretty nice range.

[Mistered]

Azusa Cyn north of Azusa

This brings back memories.
Used to hang out in this area a lot!

[Ojaileveraction]

Burro Cyn. Shooting Park up Azusa Cyn north of Azusa off Hwy 39. Pretty nice range.

I've fly fished off that road I think.
35 years ago.

It was take the 134 to the end and make a left.

[runnin n gunnin]

Burro Canyon range. I know it well, did some entry training there and much more. Very nice group ! Love the Henry 357 &45 !

[BigAl52]

Did a test of my own today with that load Tom

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I adjusted the sights after this initial group but the load is very accurate not only in my rifle but my Ruger Blackhawk. I shot this with iron sights.

[BigAl52]

On a sidenote for some reason my CCH 357 has become very difficult to cycle. It cycles very hard and acts like it is binding some where. The bolt is also very hard to remove from the gun. I emailed Henry and Im thinking the gun will need to take a ride to NJ. I hate that this has to be but its just one of those things.

[runnin n gunnin]

Nice group BIg Al, Love the Blackhawk. What length barrel were you shooting? Watch that front sight !

Reference your Henry, what bullet were you shooting? (Cast, FJG, JHP, flat nose,etc).

[BigAl52]

Those are those same 180gr Missouri Cast that Tom was using. 11.5 gr 2400. Its a good load. Blackhawk is a 5.5 inch barrel convertible with a 9mm cylinder. Its one of the few blackhawks i have that hasnt need to have the throats cleaned up to shoot casts bullets. Those 358 180s slide right through the throats without a hitch. My Henry is my CCH carbine 16 inch barrel. But Im going to need to send it back to Henry.

[Ojaileveraction]

That is disappointing.

On a sidenote for some reason my CCH 357 has become very difficult to cycle. It cycles very hard and acts like it is binding some where. The bolt is also very hard to remove from the gun. I emailed Henry and Im thinking the gun will need to take a ride to NJ. I hate that this has to be but its just one of those things.

[Rifletom]

Dang Al, don't like hearing that issue with your rifle. Not good. Glad tho you like the 180 load. Lets hope Henry takes care of this. Sure they will.
We'll be talking.

[BigAl52]

You know Tim it never did act right from the first time I shot it. I thought maybe a good cleaning and just shooting it might straighten it out. I even disassembled it completely to see if I could determine what might be going on. I never really could find anything. Im hoping that when it goes back its just something Im not seeing.

[BigAl52]

Dang Al, don't like hearing that issue with your rifle. Not good. Glad tho you like the 180 load. Lets hope Henry takes care of this. Sure they will.
We'll be talking.

Hey Tom I kind of rode in on your range report here and probably should have started another one. Sorry for riding along with you. But your targets looked great and those 180's really do shoot very well. There a handful in the pistol but very accurate. Your weather looked a little warmer than mine but great shooting.

[Rifletom]

Al, nothing to even think about. We all just sort of put our posts where we can. They'll get read and that is all we need. Thanks for the comment as your shooting was right there also. I truly wish I could use my irons, it just isn't going to happen. So, we make do. Tomorrow, back to the bench!

[BigAl52]

Im still able to use irons for now. But I have some red dots to which I do like. Hope your shoot today is good.