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My 1894's absolutely love these jacketed bullets at .431"...
http://www.rozedist.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=RZD&Category_Code=ZBJ-44MAG
But then again, they also dearly love the Hornady 265gr Flat Point (.430") over stout loads of H110...
I have one Micro Groove, and one...
Bingo.
If you wait a sufficient time between coats, BLO can not penetrate any deeper once it seals the wood...
That's the entire point of a polymerizing oil (ie. BLO, Tung, Walnut, etc.)...
Cosmo when fresh has a volatile hydrocarbon carrier that allows it to soak deeply into wood...
Here is a test a guy did on soaking Hickory in BLO...
https://www.traditional-tools.com/penetration-of-boiled-linseed-oil/
The control was hand rubbed, with no appreciable weight gain over the test...
That's the gist of what I said...The minimum time between coats in 'my' adage is 24 hours...
Your way is saturating the wood too quickly according to the old timer I learned from back in the 60's...
Six of one, half dozen of the other...
As for the picture, I suspect that level of saturation...
Three drops at a time and then (bare) hand rubbed as far as you can go before applying more, hardly 'soaks' wood...
Straight BLO dries (sort of), and the next coat builds up as opposed to 'soaking' deeper...
The old adage I was taught nearly 60 years ago for applying BLO on wood goes like this:
One coat a day for a week,
One coat a week for a month,
One coat a month for a year,
One coat a year for life...
Granted, this was in reference to Hickory tool handles,
but I have found it to work very well...
Remember...
Alliant specifically recommends NOT using Blue Dot with 125 grain bullets in .357 mag, and not at all in .41 Mag...
https://www.alliantpowder.com/getting_started/safety/safety_notices.aspx
My Marlin 1893 built circa 1912 still takes a walk or two in the deer woods every year...
It only gets mid-range cast loads for that duty...
Where it really shines is with my 'cellar loads'...
A .310" round ball over 'a few grains' of fast pistol powder...
With it's 26" barrel, that gun will...
My 686-3 came with the same combat grips, and no...They are not for sale...
I have seen them sell on the Bay anywhere from $175 to $400 depending on grain, color, and round or square butt...
I believe that the wood is Cocobolo...
Dad's 742 in .30-06 was a deer slayer that never wandered...But then, he never fired many rounds, and never more than enough to verify scope zero or take an animal...Still going strong in my BIL's hands...
My 7400 Carbine in 06 is a tack driver with the right loads, and has never wandered either...
None of the screws on my Blackhawk/Super Blackhawk have any thread locker on them...
Have not had a problem in 30+ years, and I am not exactly firing powder-puff loads...
I use .310" round balls (#1.5 Buck) in .30-30 and .30-06 'Cellar Loads', and I use .360" (OOO Buck) in .38S&W, .357 Mag, and .35 Remington loads...A a couple-three grains of fast pistol powder and I have lots of fun on rodents in the gardens...
If I were to load for .32 S&W or SWL, I would try...
I fired thousands of cast bullets (remanufactured & reloads) through a G19 back in the early 90's before the interwebs told me that I was going to blow up...
Saw less lead in that barrel than I did in many other 'traditional' rifling barrels I have seen over the decades...
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