I have a Lyman deerstalker and want to use it for its namesake purpose in a couple of weeks. Problem is I waited too late this Fall to start sighting it in, and I've been playing around with different kinds of projectiles -- too many variables. I need to narrow down my focus here.
In the past I have gotten fairly good groups with both conicals (Hornady great plains maxiball) and round ball. I have also gotten inexplicably bad accuracy results at times. Inconsistency is the problem here.
This year I decided to try out some of the Barnes hollow point banded bullets - a mistake - I was getting irregular holes in the paper that looked like keyholing. I guess a 1:48 twist isn't stabilizing these things very well.
Now with limited time I am needing to decide on what I'm going to shoot this year, quit playing around, and get the thing sighted in -- round ball or conicals.
So far I have been using GoEx FFg, and overloading slightly beyond factory spec (95gr with the conicals, 100 gr with the ball).
So help me decide -- accuracy is my major concern here - ball or conical?
In the past I have gotten fairly good groups with both conicals (Hornady great plains maxiball) and round ball. I have also gotten inexplicably bad accuracy results at times. Inconsistency is the problem here.
This year I decided to try out some of the Barnes hollow point banded bullets - a mistake - I was getting irregular holes in the paper that looked like keyholing. I guess a 1:48 twist isn't stabilizing these things very well.
Now with limited time I am needing to decide on what I'm going to shoot this year, quit playing around, and get the thing sighted in -- round ball or conicals.
So far I have been using GoEx FFg, and overloading slightly beyond factory spec (95gr with the conicals, 100 gr with the ball).
So help me decide -- accuracy is my major concern here - ball or conical?