My Sharps muzzle velocity is about 1400fps and I wouldn’t hesitate to shoot a feeding elk at that distance.
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Forum: Hunting with CB's
My Sharps muzzle velocity is about 1400fps and I wouldn’t hesitate to shoot a feeding elk at that distance.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Track of the Wolf shows that they have 43 Spanish in stock. Suitable brass is out there but get the brass in your hands before ordering a rifle. 44 2 1/4 SBN is a really sweet cartridge.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Buffalo Arms has Bertram 43 Spanish brass in stock. The two cartridges are nearly identical.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I don’t have my reference books where I am, but couldn’t you make a jig to bend the rim of the 500 nitro in a few places to simulate a thicker rim? This way you would have a normal chamber for when...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
Each bullet will need its own template, and each paper will also need its own template. Patch width is controlled by how wide you cut the strips that you use the template to cut to length. I use...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Try 2 parts jojoba oil to 1 part bees wax by weigh for your lube.
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That sounds like the story John related to me.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I’ve been using one of John’s rifles for nearly 20 years. It’s a.45-2 7/8 SS with a 28” barrel and weighs 9 1/2 pounds. It’s my go to hunting rifle good for 350 yards easy.
John told me that...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I have a .50-100-450 WCF rifle with a 1/26 twist. 450 grain GG bullets scatter like buckshot from it but jacketed bullets shoot very well. This summer I had a paper patch mold made for it. It...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I’m not real big on German rifles but most rifles that I use seem like yours have a plain blade front sight even with the tang sight and are jadgewehr meant for 200 yard hunting. If you can live...
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On reducing your extreme velocity spread three things come to mind. First, loose the pure lead. It’s far too soft for 3f powder. What’s coming out the muzzle probably doesn’t look like what you...
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Loading for and shooting sporting ammunition for BPCR rifles is my hobby, so I’ll make a few suggestions based on my experience. Use 16/1 lead/tin alloy. You might try 20/1 also. Use fiber milk...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I have not shot a Mauser for quite some time. But my .44- 2 1/4 SBN shoots extremely well with 2fg powder and a lube wad of either DGL or 2 jojoba oil/1 bees wax with a PP bullet. But when shooting...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
This is a military rifle and it should shoot dirty. Try changing to 2fg powder and add a 3/16” to 1/4”DGL lube wad sandwiched between two fiber milk carton wads over the powder. No wiping or blow...
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To make grease wads, 2 parts jojoba oil and 1 part bees wax by weight. I use 1/4” plexiglass strips for spacers and roll the lube out on a sheet of glass with a piece of waxed paper over the lube. ...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Personally I prefer patching bullets to greasing them. For hunting, paper patched bullets have some advantages over GG bullets.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
45-2 7/8 SS. Load is 45-110-500. 2fg black powder. Very effective
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I just measured an original cartridge. The paper patched bullet measures .423” over the patch. The bullet it’s self is .415”. The paper is .002” thick. The Vetterli is loaded with the bullet and...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
The vetterli is a military cartridge and should be able to fire many shots before fouling out. Your bullet is too hard to start. Try 20/1 and a black powder lube such as DGL.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I’ve hunted exclusively with a.45 caliber rifle for the last twenty years. A 500 grain bullet with a .30” meplat cast twenty to one. 110 grains of 2F black powder gives me around 1400 fps. The...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
You will need to use 45-90 brass to form cases. The 40-70 case should be 2 1/4”long. You need to measure the bore diameter for paper patched bullets unless someone has altered the chamber for...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
Search YouTube for Brent Danielson rolling a bullet.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I’ve owned 5 Italian guns over the years. I regret buying every one of them. Soft parts, poor metal, and poor workmanship. Waste of money.
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
mongo40
One of the last times that I was out, I shot two 17 shot strings back to back. Wiping between strings. I had been going back and forth between the chicken swinger and the pig swinger. On...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
Grease cookies leave a coating of oil in the bore to keep the fouling soft, allowing multiple shots. They were very common in hunting and military ammunition.
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 |