Texas Sheepdawg wrote:Built my new Watershot jug rack this evening. it breaks down easy and will hold about 10 milk jugs.
That ought to work well. I wanna hear how well it stands up to repeated shots. With that 4x4, it ought to do fine. My idea was to do the same with wood, like yours, but with 2x4 sides. That way the sides, wouldn't stick up more than 2", acting like a guide for the jugs. 2x6 sides doesn't work, because of the dynamic pressures, blowing them off and the 2x6 base plate alone, doesn't fair well either, but your 4x4, under the base plate, ought to do the trick.
For you guys wanting to do this, find a Milk Bottler, in your AO and they'll fix you up. Sometimes they charge me a small price for jugs and lids and sometimes they don't charge for them. Either way we need to do some standardization, so use the twist-on lids, in this fashion, we can all be doing things Samey-Samey. Make your bottle shots do real "Work", in other words, just don't shoot them for fun, do some "Relative Comparisons". You'll still have the fun, but you'll also be accomplishing something worth-while.
Now, I think we should use our 250ftx "Factory Load" as THE "Comparable Prognostic Factor". So, if a bunch of us can do 5,6,7 jugs, at 25ft, then when we shoot, say 230gr Ball, under the same conditions, we have some useful Data, for choosing a possible "Work-Load", for a particular Mission, especially as we start using other bullets in this comparison.
What could also be very useful, is to grab a ballistics program, plumb-in the proper BC and see what the bullet speed is at 200yds. With that 200yd data, one could make custom loads that are going that speed, when fired at 25ft. It matters not, that the firearm wont cycle, because all we are looking for is, compatible terminal ballistics on Milk-Jugs vs Bullet Construction and comparing that data, to other known's (Hoot, help me out here, you do this DATA-Stuff for a living). However, pay very close attention to the dangers of under loaded, "Squib-Loads". Many of us use fillers, under such occasions. So, if your are not sure ask and someone here will espouse their "Opinions". And Opinions are all they are and they might just be wrong and unsafe and should be treated as dangerous. You must keep in mind that you, the experimenter, in this endeavor, ARE the final Arbitrator, of safety issues and it matters not that you read a great way to do this, You, and You Alone, are the responsible party and only "You" can keep things safe, or not. Know the Rules and do this right or bad things happen. Under NO circumstances, use 296/H110 to do this, their are warnings galore about the dangers of a 3%, under-charge, using these two powders and a possible Detonation/Pressure Wave Event. If you don't know what I'm talking about,
then you are probably a candidate, "FOR-NOT-DOING-ANY-OF-THIS-TESTING"!!The Good-News is, we should be able to start building a Terminal Effects, Data-Base, that will become very useful, for choosing the proper bullet for the mission at hand. Then when an inquiry comes in about a particular bullet, the answer will start out.."What are your Mission Requirements"..
..t
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 6:36 pm
