@ Indian Joe - Thanks for the suggestions. My rifle has an MVA globe front sight. The 9.5x47R is indeed shaped rather like the 45-75, albeit a somewhat sharper shoulder. Compression is really just to...
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@ Indian Joe - Thanks for the suggestions. My rifle has an MVA globe front sight. The 9.5x47R is indeed shaped rather like the 45-75, albeit a somewhat sharper shoulder. Compression is really just to...
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Definitely worth trying. Though compression in these loads is very limited - a tenth to an eighth of an inch at most - and nothing is below the base of the neck. Nevertheless, another variable to...
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Thanks for the suggestion. I use more of a piglet than a pig ;-) Tried some very nice/well made bore pigs from Buffalo Arms but they were soooo tight in the bore it was more work than worth. So, I...
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Thanks for the thoughts on grease cookies. Now that the Delrin rod should allow for wiping after every shot without having to fold the tang sight and remove the bolt, I will try the next batch...
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Thanks very much! That’ll do just right.
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Montana Bullet Works has discontinued the Lyman 311284 210 grs GC which is my go-to for 30-40. My Google skills have let me down as I cannot find another source. Anyone have a line on a good source...
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Loaded via drop tube and uniform compression achieved with a compression stem. Interested in why you suggest elimination the grease cookie. Thanks.
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A big THANK YOU.
I haven’t been able to get out shooting so I can’t say that wiping every shot has tightened up groups, but the Delrin rod suggestion has made it possible. I can get in and wipe...
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Thanks to you and Bent Ramrod. I didn’t think a Delrin rod would have enough flex, but, your process of elimination suggests that fouling is in fact the next thing to go after, so why not try? I...
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This is interesting. It’s a progressive twist 1:14 so it should be stabilizing a 250 grs bullet but the slicks are .365, so they will be longer than the average bear. That wants some looking into.
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Numbers, groups above 200 yards. Tang aperture sight, globe front sight.
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Wiping every shot with a bolt action is less than ideal.
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Wiping every two shots, 1:14 progressive twist - plenty to stabilize 250 grs. pure lead.
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9.5x47R 250 grs slicks paper patched to .377. Weighing charges individually and exactly.
52 grs 1.5 fg Olde Eynsford: MV 1283 SD 13
This is a little slow for 200 yards accuracy. Definitely...
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I have a Mauserbuchsen, a single shot based on the 1871 action, but scaled down and using the 9.5x47R cartridge, derived from the 43 Mauser case.
I paper patch for mine. It has relatively shallow...
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The pistol vs rifle primers in BPCR debate is as productive as discussing religion on the Shankill rd in Belfast…
Appreciate the input. Thanks all. Given this is the first incident of primer flow...
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Of course.
What are all of us using pistol primers in 45-70 black powder cartridges thinking?!
What pressure would you guesstimate a 50grs load of 1.5fg black powder in a .375 bore? Much above...
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Somewhere in the front half of the string. Good tip, thanks. Bertram brass so worth checking each.
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We can rule out headspace given that this is one primer out hundreds rounds fired by me in this rifle.
Low pressure makes a lot more sense though why it would appear in only one cartridge is odd....
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I have never seen this with a primer in a black powder cartridge.
Rifle is a late 1870s Mauserbuchsen, a scaled down 1871 Gewehr action.
Cartridge is 9.5x47R, an early German adaptation of the...
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Nice long neck on the 9.5x47r. Powder level is well up into the neck so everything is above the shoulder. I’m away for a couple of weeks but when I’m back I’ll try some of the above with the cup base...
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Thanks. These are good ideas and gives me plenty of variables to work on.
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Kurt,
Thanks very much for taking the time to respond and explain.
The slicks I’m using are a cup base rather than a genuine hollow base. The end of the patch twists and folds nicely into cup...
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Thanks to you both.
@edp2k More powder makes good sense, faster revolutions. Will have to try.
@samari46 what's the thinking on heavier bullets? I agree that there is no reason 1:14 won't...
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