Originally Posted by
dverna
I “cheated”. First, a 10 cavity H&G #50 wadcutter…the best mold I ever owned. Second, a Clark target gun. Third, a Ransom rest…I cannot shoot iron sights that well. The load was the age old 2.7 gr of Bullseye. Lube was 50/50. Bullets sized and lubed in a Star at .358. And another “cheat”…Linotype alloy…nothing makes a better bullet than Linotype.
BTW, that was a 50 shot group. There were many 10 shot groups smaller than 3”.
To put things in perspective, the 10 ring at 50 yards is just under 3.4” IIRC. And that is shooting one handed. The 2023 winner of the Precision Pistol slow fire match scored 193x200. He did not miss that ten ring much.