38 Cal Bear Creek 148 HBWC test

by **Wobbley** 2/6/2019, 5:37 pm

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I started the testing of the Bear Creek 38 cal. 148 HBWC bullets. Not enough testing to reach any conclusions so these are just first impressions.

The gun is my S&W 52-2 with the Burris FF3 dot. I shot 3 groups from a rest and one offhand. The results look ok but I’m not steady shooting from a rest in the indoor pistol range where these were shot. The bench is flimsy and prone to vibration. I shoot better when the whole arm is rested and all I could do was rest my hand on a rifle forend rest. More testing is in order, certainly.

An overall of the test groups.

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The Bear Creek Target

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Speer old style with the grooves

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Magnus loaded at 2.8 Bullsey in a different batch

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The group shot offhand

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by Jon Eulette 2/6/2019, 5:53 pm

Distance?
Jon

by **Wobbley** 2/6/2019, 6:06 pm

25 yards.

by Multiracer 2/6/2019, 6:15 pm

Nice clean holes for 25 yards. No tippers. 2.6 is pretty low ?

by **Wobbley** 2/6/2019, 6:34 pm

Functioning was fine, and Speer had good functioning as low as 2.5..

Yeah, it seems promising. But final judgement is still out. I’d like to test them in a revolver and I have a python that really really shoots well. But this indoor range has really crappy lighting.

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