Ammo, Calfee

New Lapua

Brad: The 10 shot group was shot outdoors in manageable (consistent) wind, during practice on Friday afternoon at Kettlefoot. The group was shot by 3 different people, two of whom had never shot the gun before. In other words, Bill started out with a 5 shot group, I sat down and added 3 more and I can't remember who (maybe Tony Blosser) added several more. It was a practice target and was discarded. However, it was a very pretty group.

The wind was harder and less consistent the next day -- more switchey -- and I couldn't tell the difference between the new Lapua and some good Eley we just got when we shot both in competition. I'd say they were both about the same. I haven't shot much in the past year, so it's kind of like learning how to read the wind all over again, but neither the Lapua nor the Eley could overcome some of the brain lapses I experienced. If I misread the velocity -- I missed the ten ring. I can tell when a particular lot of ammo stinks in my gun, and I can tell when it's wonderful, but neither of the brands was good enough in the stronger wind condition to stand out and make up for my lack of skill in that situation. And that's kind of the Holy Grail we're all looking for, isn't it? Aim for the center and pull the trigger. If you come across that combination even once in your shooting career, you are forever spoiled and searching, searching.

But, I'm voting to stay with the less expensive product since I can't see that the new Lapua is marginally better than the Eley.

Inez
 
Thanks for the info. Needless to say it was a fantastic group. ;) I'm not a great wind shooter. But I do try, and I am learning a little.
 
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I shot one really terrible target each day along with my mediocre targets. One bad target was with X-act and one was with my best Eley. My highest placement all weekend was a fourth place and that was with the x-act. None of this is proof of anything. I do think the Lapua is slightly less wind sensitive, and takes fewer shots to lube,warmup, whatever before settling down to a reliable poi. The two different lots of x-act I have tried were equal in performance. To me that is a plus. Does it completely offset the increased cost? Probably not, but I'll continue to use it if only in my sporter which needs all the help it can get
Don
 
Brad,Actually,Inez was speaking of a group that was shot by several shooters, & it was a very small one,I did not measure it,There were several shooters that shot my heavy gun because they wanted to try the roller bearing system,Including Charles scott,The group that i shot was 10 shots & i did measure it,if it would of been larger,I would not have bought any of the Ammo.I am more pleased with the function of the test,rather than what ammo i use,The rest is absolute in its tracking ability & several shooters that used it ,came to the same conclusion. BILL
 
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Kathy,
would you give me Bill Calfee e-mail&phone #
boer.bok5@verizon,net





QUOTE=Kathy;416278]Additional:

My dear Lapua friends: I hope and pray that the new, expensive, Lapua, is truly competitive.......we must have competition, or, none of us will be able to afford to shoot...


Now, no B--l Sh--t.....did anyone shoot the new expensive Lapua this week-end? does it work?

Your friend, Bill Calfee[/QUOTE]
 
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