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<blockquote data-quote="Wedgy" data-source="post: 1066006" data-attributes="member: 64108"><p>from this thread herein General Discussion</p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f22/ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-149272/index2.html" target="_blank">http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f22/ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-149272/index2.html</a></p><p>I got to the range 2 times now. First time out the rifle shot way better than I expected. One group of 3 was in 2 small holes touching in the bull. I shot multiple groups on that target so I don't count it as a "legal" target.</p><p></p><p> But one 10 shot group were all within the 1 inch bullseye.</p><p></p><p> Granted this was the first time out and I had to zero the scope, and because there were no 100 yd target butts set up and I had no way to set one up all shots were at 50 yards.</p><p></p><p> I got out last Monday and shot 40 rounds of Win White Box and they all fired and were accurate. Then I fired 50 low velocity rounds to fire form so I could neck size them..using FMJ w/lead core. Those all went boom too so now I have those ready to load.</p><p></p><p> This is when the fun started. I had purchased some copper bullets and being theytype of bullets that have no actual data I had to start low...with the same 4 grain load of Trail Boss I used on the FMJ loads.</p><p></p><p> Big Mistake! First and second round went bang and for the most part, they were fairly accurate. I was shooting clay birds on the berm 70 yards out. Several shooters were also shooting them and I saw dirt fly every shot up to the 4th one. I did not see dirt fly when I fired so I pulled the bolt and looked down the bore. Stuck bullet. Time to go home.</p><p></p><p> Got home and ran a rod in from the breach and found the bullet in about 6-9 inches. I gave it a push and it went very easily...right up until I fely iy land against the bullet that stopped 4" short of the muzzle. I tried pounding them out but the front bullet would not budge.</p><p></p><p> I called around and got prices for a Gunsmith to get them out but I am cheap and impatient. $200 bucks or more is more than I will spend.</p><p></p><p> I looked on You Tube and found a great link. The guy shows exactly how to dislodge bullets by filling the bore with water and firing a blank down the tube.</p><p></p><p> I contacted him for some instructions and because Trail Boss is so low pressure, he said if a smaller charge doesn't work, beef up the charge.</p><p></p><p> I fired 3, 2 gr loads and they went poof. I went home and made 6 6 gr loads and the third shot cleared the barrel. I will post some pics, and also the link.</p><p></p><p> This method is safe and it works. You might want to keep the link just in case.</p><p> skg</p><p></p><p> Now I have 46 bullets to pull and Midway is sending me a .224 collet for my Forster Bullet Puller.</p><p></p><p> Here's the link:</p><p></p><p></p><p>[media=youtube]6SiW1Tk0XV8[/media] </p><div style="text-align: center"> </div><p></p><p> </p><p>Attached Thumbnails - Click to View Larger <a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45615d1425772741-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-group-1_-3_2_15_2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45615d1425772741t-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-group-1_-3_2_15_2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45616d1425772741-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-mvp-bsa-bore-sighter.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45616d1425772741t-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-mvp-bsa-bore-sighter.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45617d1425772741-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-group-2-3-_-3_2_15_-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45617d1425772741t-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-group-2-3-_-3_2_15_-2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45618d1425772741-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-2-stuck-copper-224-bullets.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45618d1425772741t-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-2-stuck-copper-224-bullets.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45619d1425772741-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-barrel-post.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45619d1425772741t-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-barrel-post.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45620d1425772741-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-bullet-unstick-tools_2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45620d1425772741t-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-bullet-unstick-tools_2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> __________________</p><p> Wanna hear a good knock knock joke?</p><p> OK, you start...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wedgy, post: 1066006, member: 64108"] from this thread herein General Discussion ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [URL]http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f22/ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-149272/index2.html[/URL] I got to the range 2 times now. First time out the rifle shot way better than I expected. One group of 3 was in 2 small holes touching in the bull. I shot multiple groups on that target so I don't count it as a "legal" target. But one 10 shot group were all within the 1 inch bullseye. Granted this was the first time out and I had to zero the scope, and because there were no 100 yd target butts set up and I had no way to set one up all shots were at 50 yards. I got out last Monday and shot 40 rounds of Win White Box and they all fired and were accurate. Then I fired 50 low velocity rounds to fire form so I could neck size them..using FMJ w/lead core. Those all went boom too so now I have those ready to load. This is when the fun started. I had purchased some copper bullets and being theytype of bullets that have no actual data I had to start low...with the same 4 grain load of Trail Boss I used on the FMJ loads. Big Mistake! First and second round went bang and for the most part, they were fairly accurate. I was shooting clay birds on the berm 70 yards out. Several shooters were also shooting them and I saw dirt fly every shot up to the 4th one. I did not see dirt fly when I fired so I pulled the bolt and looked down the bore. Stuck bullet. Time to go home. Got home and ran a rod in from the breach and found the bullet in about 6-9 inches. I gave it a push and it went very easily...right up until I fely iy land against the bullet that stopped 4" short of the muzzle. I tried pounding them out but the front bullet would not budge. I called around and got prices for a Gunsmith to get them out but I am cheap and impatient. $200 bucks or more is more than I will spend. I looked on You Tube and found a great link. The guy shows exactly how to dislodge bullets by filling the bore with water and firing a blank down the tube. I contacted him for some instructions and because Trail Boss is so low pressure, he said if a smaller charge doesn't work, beef up the charge. I fired 3, 2 gr loads and they went poof. I went home and made 6 6 gr loads and the third shot cleared the barrel. I will post some pics, and also the link. This method is safe and it works. You might want to keep the link just in case. skg Now I have 46 bullets to pull and Midway is sending me a .224 collet for my Forster Bullet Puller. Here's the link: [media=youtube]6SiW1Tk0XV8[/media] [CENTER] [/CENTER] Attached Thumbnails - Click to View Larger [URL="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45615d1425772741-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-group-1_-3_2_15_2.jpg"][IMG]http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45615d1425772741t-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-group-1_-3_2_15_2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45616d1425772741-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-mvp-bsa-bore-sighter.jpg"][IMG]http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45616d1425772741t-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-mvp-bsa-bore-sighter.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45617d1425772741-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-group-2-3-_-3_2_15_-2.jpg"][IMG]http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45617d1425772741t-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-group-2-3-_-3_2_15_-2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45618d1425772741-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-2-stuck-copper-224-bullets.jpg"][IMG]http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45618d1425772741t-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-2-stuck-copper-224-bullets.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45619d1425772741-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-barrel-post.jpg"][IMG]http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45619d1425772741t-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-barrel-post.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45620d1425772741-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-bullet-unstick-tools_2.jpg"][IMG]http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/attachments/f22/45620d1425772741t-ordered-new-mvp-223-5-56-morning-bullet-unstick-tools_2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] __________________ Wanna hear a good knock knock joke? OK, you start... [/QUOTE]
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