andrew678122
.270 WIN
I have recently taken the scope off my 464 SPX and installed a Williams FP receiver sight. I really like the FP receiver sight, now all I need is the Lyman target front sight.
I have been to the range a few times, getting the bugs ironed out and sighting it in, but this morning I went to the range and shot it at 100yds. With the Williams FP I find it easier to be accurate as opposed to the stock sights. The only change I'm going to do at this point is get a Lyman target front sight, that way I'll be able to see the target at 100yds rather than have it hidden by the blade front sight. At 100yds the stock 464 front sight completely hides the 12" Birchwood Casey targets I was using. I just centered the fiber-optic where I knew the target to be.
This is the best group I shot, but quite a few groups were close to this:
I was shooting my reloads, but this time a 150gr Sierra flat nose with 29gr of H4895. I'm going back to my usual Speer bullets, but I ran out.
I used to buy Remington 150gr Core-Lokt, and got into reloading because it was cheaper, but now I can't even buy .30-30 in Academy or Walmart if I wanted to. I have heard that there is such a demand that ammo makers are only making the more popular cartridges. I guess .30-30 is not popular enough...
So now, reloading is the ONLY way to go. Prices for components has gone up some, but it's still way cheaper than store-bought ammo. I think I'm paying about $10 more per pound of powder, $1.50 more per 100 primers, but still about the same per 100 bullets. The powder and primers I buy locally because of the hazmat fee, and local prices are the ones that have risen the most. The bullets I get from Midsouth and are relatively unchanged, even the powder they sell is the same price! If I can invest in some powder I'll buy it in quantity, and the primers, but with the hazmat fee I'd need to buy 8 pounds or so before it really became worthwhile.
The bottom line is, I'm happy with my Mossberg 464 SPX, reloading and my shooting, what else is there?
I have been to the range a few times, getting the bugs ironed out and sighting it in, but this morning I went to the range and shot it at 100yds. With the Williams FP I find it easier to be accurate as opposed to the stock sights. The only change I'm going to do at this point is get a Lyman target front sight, that way I'll be able to see the target at 100yds rather than have it hidden by the blade front sight. At 100yds the stock 464 front sight completely hides the 12" Birchwood Casey targets I was using. I just centered the fiber-optic where I knew the target to be.
This is the best group I shot, but quite a few groups were close to this:
I was shooting my reloads, but this time a 150gr Sierra flat nose with 29gr of H4895. I'm going back to my usual Speer bullets, but I ran out.
I used to buy Remington 150gr Core-Lokt, and got into reloading because it was cheaper, but now I can't even buy .30-30 in Academy or Walmart if I wanted to. I have heard that there is such a demand that ammo makers are only making the more popular cartridges. I guess .30-30 is not popular enough...
So now, reloading is the ONLY way to go. Prices for components has gone up some, but it's still way cheaper than store-bought ammo. I think I'm paying about $10 more per pound of powder, $1.50 more per 100 primers, but still about the same per 100 bullets. The powder and primers I buy locally because of the hazmat fee, and local prices are the ones that have risen the most. The bullets I get from Midsouth and are relatively unchanged, even the powder they sell is the same price! If I can invest in some powder I'll buy it in quantity, and the primers, but with the hazmat fee I'd need to buy 8 pounds or so before it really became worthwhile.
The bottom line is, I'm happy with my Mossberg 464 SPX, reloading and my shooting, what else is there?