Shot my new Rossi '92 got a ?

The Lewis · Post by **The Lewis** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:27 pm

I shot my new Rossi .45 colt src yesterday, I was shooting some loads from Stars and Stripes Ammo with a 250 grn Speer Gold Dot HP standard pressure supposed to hit 950fps from a revolver, it was offhand in deep snow about 30 yards and shot two 1" groups, first one a bit high then the second one on and just left of the bull, not bad I thought.

Then I shot some Grizzly 335grn WLNGC cast bullets supposed to hit 1175fps, not one even hit paper! I think they were shooting low but that seems counter intuitive to me, it was hard to tell 'cause the back drop is already shot up pretty good. The paper was a 9" paper plate.

Any thoughts as to what's up with that?

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:32 pm

Congrats, but you forgot to post pictures! You do know that most of us are registered lever-porn addicts, don't you?!?

Bigahh · Post by **Bigahh** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:35 pm

I bet those 2 loads have a bit different recoil also. Congrats on the new rifle!

The Lewis · Post by **The Lewis** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:40 pm

Yeah I'm photo illiterate at this time but will work on it....

The recoil was a bit more with the grizzly loads but not bad, can't believe that would make 'em miss the paper, ???

I like it though, just need to tame that ejector spring, I think I could kill a squirrel with the ejected case if I could aim it!

leveractionjunkie · Post by **leveractionjunkie** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:51 pm

The Lewis wrote: I think I could kill a squirrel with the ejected case if I could aim it!

Thats too funny I thought something similar when I first fired mine!

Nate Kiowa Jones · Post by **Nate Kiowa Jones** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:41 am

The Lewis wrote:I shot my new Rossi .45 colt src yesterday, I was shooting some loads from Stars and Stripes Ammo with a 250 grn Speer Gold Dot HP standard pressure supposed to hit 950fps from a revolver, it was offhand in deep snow about 30 yards and shot two 1" groups, first one a bit high then the second one on and just left of the bull, not bad I thought.

Then I shot some Grizzly 335grn WLNGC cast bullets supposed to hit 1175fps, not one even hit paper! I think they were shooting low but that seems counter intuitive to me, it was hard to tell 'cause the back drop is already shot up pretty good. The paper was a 9" paper plate.

Any thoughts as to what's up with that?

How big's your paper. I bet you're shooting over it. Muzzle rise from recoil.

86er · Post by **86er** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:15 am

I've shot all the Grizzly 45 Colt offerrings a lot. They all shoot higher than standard loads out of my 20" barrel. I usually see around 6" high. If you're aiming at the middle of a 9" plate, your over it by 1.5" at least.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:56 am

It generally goes the heavier, slower load spends more time in the barrel so the bullet path is more affected by the muzzle rise during recoil. I agree with Steve & Joe, (I gotta type faster) , probably over.

Warhawk · Post by **Warhawk** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:28 pm

I have 16 inch Puma in .45 Colt that shoots way low with heavy bullet loads. My loads used a 300gr BRP hard cast bullet, at "Ruger" pressures. They were not nearly as accurate as standard pressure loads with a 255gr Keith bullet.

The Lewis · Post by **The Lewis** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:13 pm

Well, the shooting high bit makes sense to me, but I tried holding low and then real low and still no new holes. Guess I should try it again with a bigger piece of paper.... Got some grizzly 300 grn loads too but they won't cycle through the action, too long but they will cycle through the Blackhawk

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