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...So, ya' think that pattern will kill a dove or quail cleanly?.... In the hands of a great wing shooter, looks like no problem. It seems to be hitting where it's supposed to. For me, I'd need a spreader load and pry a paint can open with the barrel to bump things up to one in ten.
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That's what I do exactly, but I use a 5 gallon bucket so that I can leave the roller in it, with the lid snapped on. I hang the bucket by it's bail on a "hook bent" nail driven into the back of the plate's supports. I haven't been adding the white lithium grease, but might try it. The latex paint mixed with new oil has been entirely satisfactory for me. When testing loads or guns, and want to save the patterns, I place a card with a number on top of the plate and snap a pic with my cell phone. Then I can email them to myself, move to my pics on my computer, and on to Photobucket if desired.  SRH So, ya' think that pattern will kill a dove or quail cleanly? Before you answer, it's a .410, now. Be careful you don't give it any credit it's not due.  SRH Stan, is that pattern shot from the Dickinson? JR
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Yes, right barrel, at 20 yds. Left barrel is about the same. As you can imagine, at 30 it's still deadly. But, 30 is my limit with a .410.
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I went from one of the paint/grease/oil/I don't remember what else club formulas (which, contrary to claims, did dry out) to just white lithium (which didn't work well in the cold, windy (read "dust") high plains of West Texas, to my latest: Castrol amber wheel bearing grease. Case of 12 1 lb tubs for 30.00 off ebay. Love it. Just near enough the color of the soil so unaffected by the dust storms. Mike
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Sidelock
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I went from one of the paint/grease/oil/I don't remember what else club formulas (which, contrary to claims, did dry out) to just white lithium (which didn't work well in the cold, windy (read "dust") high plains of West Texas, to my latest: Castrol amber wheel bearing grease. Case of 12 1 lb tubs for 30.00 off ebay. Love it. Just near enough the color of the soil so unaffected by the dust storms. Mike With no white pigment? How can that work? JR
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Easy- the steel plate is readily visible where the shot impacts, just not the high contrast you get with white pigment. Was able to easily see the horrible patterns (I had already suspected) in my #4 non-tox reloads, and the amazing regulation of my third set of tubes fitted to the Manufrance 314. The smith humbly claimed the regulation was by accident (he fitted, finished, and opened the chokes on these in the white barrels), but I still give him credit and couldn't be happier.
Whatever you put on your plate, you and I know that while the information derived is incomplete, it is still invaluable.
Mike
Tolerance: the abolition of absolutes
Consistency is the currency of credibility
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