Got a New Chrono - 357 in 24" Rossi Results
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Got a New Chrono - 357 in 24" Rossi Results
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Re: Got a New Chrono - 357 in 24" Rossi Results
Great report. Would love to see pics of that Rossi.
My "Beta-Chrony" sometimes acts up on me, but I think it is mostly because I'm a poor techie, and am probably doing something wrong. It has all those features and stuff, and what I usually wind up doing is just writing down the numbers each shot, and doing the 'stats' later on a pocket calculator. In my college-computer-nerd days, I'd probably have found the 'back door' to the firmware, and been using the Beta-Chrony to calculate pH gradients for buffer solutions or something. Gettin' too old, I guess...
Here's our Rossi 24" .357 - stainless sorta takes away from the 'vintage' look, but it is still a sweet gun; kind of a modern-day equivalent to the .32-20's of yesteryear.
Put a couple different small scopes on it with a B-Square mount for awhile, just to sight it in and so on, but for this gun I've wound up mostly using the tang sight. I still think tang sights seem way more fragile than even scopes, though, and would like to arrange a good backup sight for it. May go for my folding Ruger-Ranch-Rifle rear sight that I like ($14 or so from MidwayUsa).
My favorite fold-out-of-the-way backup sight to replace barrel-mounted open sights...
Here's where to get the sight above...http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.e ... mid=186476
My "Beta-Chrony" sometimes acts up on me, but I think it is mostly because I'm a poor techie, and am probably doing something wrong. It has all those features and stuff, and what I usually wind up doing is just writing down the numbers each shot, and doing the 'stats' later on a pocket calculator. In my college-computer-nerd days, I'd probably have found the 'back door' to the firmware, and been using the Beta-Chrony to calculate pH gradients for buffer solutions or something. Gettin' too old, I guess...
Here's our Rossi 24" .357 - stainless sorta takes away from the 'vintage' look, but it is still a sweet gun; kind of a modern-day equivalent to the .32-20's of yesteryear.
Put a couple different small scopes on it with a B-Square mount for awhile, just to sight it in and so on, but for this gun I've wound up mostly using the tang sight. I still think tang sights seem way more fragile than even scopes, though, and would like to arrange a good backup sight for it. May go for my folding Ruger-Ranch-Rifle rear sight that I like ($14 or so from MidwayUsa).
My favorite fold-out-of-the-way backup sight to replace barrel-mounted open sights...
Here's where to get the sight above...http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.e ... mid=186476
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Re: Got a New Chrono - 357 in 24" Rossi Results
Very nice load, Steve! And you just spent the best $113 of your life.
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Re: Got a New Chrono - 357 in 24" Rossi Results
Steve that is one sharp lookin Rossi.
Re: Got a New Chrono - 357 in 24" Rossi Results
Thanks
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Re: Got a New Chrono - 357 in 24" Rossi Results
Great investment. Nice to know what YOUR loads are doing out of YOUR rifle. Opens a whole new world. 1886.
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Re: Got a New Chrono - 357 in 24" Rossi Results
I was so encouraged by my results I took out my 38spl+P loads I loaded specially for my Rossi using slower burning powder to take advantage of the barrel length. Once again, the results are very good.
Weapon: 24" Rossi - 38spl+P
Ammo: 158g Zero JSP bullet, 11.5grn H110, Win SPM primers, assorted cases, 1.460" OAL
Weather: Sunny and 80°, light breeze,
Range El: 6,100ft ASL.
Results:
Shot - 1 1,358
Shot - 2 1,349
Shot - 3 1,368
Shot - 4 1,349
Shot - 5 1,376
Shot - 6 1,356
Shot - 7 1,354
Shot - 8 1,345
Shot - 9 1,354
Shot-10 1,344
Average: 1,356 - These were not fire breathing loads but rather just a warm 38spl+P load using slower burning powder suitable for a lever gun.
STD Dev.: 10.04 - I'm very pleased with the standard deviation of my loads. That's why they are so accurate as well!
Weapon: 24" Rossi - 38spl+P
Ammo: 158g Zero JSP bullet, 11.5grn H110, Win SPM primers, assorted cases, 1.460" OAL
Weather: Sunny and 80°, light breeze,
Range El: 6,100ft ASL.
Results:
Shot - 1 1,358
Shot - 2 1,349
Shot - 3 1,368
Shot - 4 1,349
Shot - 5 1,376
Shot - 6 1,356
Shot - 7 1,354
Shot - 8 1,345
Shot - 9 1,354
Shot-10 1,344
Average: 1,356 - These were not fire breathing loads but rather just a warm 38spl+P load using slower burning powder suitable for a lever gun.
STD Dev.: 10.04 - I'm very pleased with the standard deviation of my loads. That's why they are so accurate as well!
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Re: Got a New Chrono - 357 in 24" Rossi Results
That is great consistency given you are using assorted cases. Good Luck, 1886.
Re: Got a New Chrono - 357 in 24" Rossi Results
That is great SD on both of the loads. Having a chronograph has help me in my reloading.
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Re: Got a New Chrono - 357 in 24" Rossi Results
One of the things on my "need" list... that keeps getting put off for other things! Good loads... thanks for sharin'.
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Re: Got a New Chrono - 357 in 24" Rossi Results
i wish some one would do 16" bbl and 20"bbl with factory loads cause i don't reload so the info means nothing to us dummies who don't reload.