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I grabbed a nice 50-70 roller over the winter. I have been using light loads for it. The 450 grain Lee bullet cast from...
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I grabbed a nice 50-70 roller over the winter. I have been using light loads for it. The 450 grain Lee bullet cast from...
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No. Not anyone who I know that shoots matches anyways.
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I go through somewhere between 2 and 3000 large pistol primers a year and have not had a single one rupture. Having said that I have not used any in my trapdoor. It gets the standard federal large...
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Love me some federal large pistol match primers for my BPCR
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Ashland Kentucky and Dawsonville Georgia are a couple of places that might be within striking distance for you. If your feeling really froggy we will have a 1200 yard match at camp atterburry Indiana...
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I would be afraid to drive through Chicago. Will you be able to make the April match in Friendship? I am going to participate in the military match on that Saturday then back to the 38 for Sunday. ...
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Ohhh. Gotcha!!! Cool beans.
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I’m sure I know you if you shoot in Alma. Who am I talking to?
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I’m this particular rifle anyways. I will try it in my 45s also when I try grease groove bullets in them.
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Saturday I was shooting 20:1. It shot great. It is a grease groove money bullet that is 1.485” long and has 2 reduced bands and weighs 360 grains. We had some head winds going on when I rang the 2...
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I have been beat by a lot of 18 twist rifles. As long as the length is right I think they are fine too.
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I used the 38 at friendship last weekend. It shot very well on Saturday but I did ring 2 rams with it. Sunday wasn’t as good but I was trying different alloys and different neck tensions. I will be...
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Here is a 10 shot 200 yard group that I shot with my Shiloh 16 twist 45-70. .445 elliptical bullet that is 1.51” long....
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1.47”
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If anyone can it’s me [emoji13]
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My 12 twist 38-50 shoots straight sided bore diameter PP boolits very well. Won some silhouette and long range matches with it. I used an alloy of 14:1 which is also the PP alloy I use in my...
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I have been having good luck with the 500 grain trapdoor mould that Buffalo arms makes. I size it to .460 which is just a tad under groove diameter but they upset to fill the grooves with the 20:1...
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They will be just fine to try out.
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Do you think you will ever shoot BPCR silhouette with it? If so I think a 70 or 90 would be the way to go. You can use bore diameter bullets and get 80 plus grains in a 70 case. Even more in a 90 of...
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I have done it. I went back to cutting by hand.
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Yes absolutely
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I tried it once and it was a big fail
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I am very new to groove diameter patching or “groovish” since I am patching them to .456. I am curious as to what others are doing to get them working.
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |