Target was rather impromptu. This weekend is the tail of the tape. It's down to a 1 grain difference in powder drop and one additional fiber disc filler.
Wheel weight to ingots to bullets two days. Loaded some trial loads 1455 fps. Alliant 10X powder. Bullets cast and quenched .408 diameter. Weighed 242 gr. 3-1/8" fiber wads non lubed. Pressure barely over 11,000 psi. 6 shots leaning off old rabbit hutch at 3" bull, 62 yards. Had two bad...
Well hard wheel weight ingots to bullets dropped and quenched at .408 diameter and 242 gr. Pan lubed as a fella on here suggested vs. Lubra-sizing. I used straight bee wax. 3 -1/8" dry fiber wads over 10x load for a velocity of 1455 fps. Pressure barely over 11,000 psi. Shot standing on a...
Spoke with ruger/marlin earlier this year. The fella said he would push it up the chain on the 375 wcf. I told him we don't need any more new marketing cartridges.
Lost a winchester 94 big bore on Gunbroker last week over $50.00.
It wasn't spotless I went to grand even and stopped. The dam thing was only worth $850 to $900.00.
Cool another Sharps shooter!
I'm running a 40-70 Sharps Straight 2 1/2. Nice in the stand I don't like for slip hunting heavy cover. So when slip hunting I finally broke down and got my last dream rifle. 1886 winchester built 1891 in 40-65 wcf.
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