I shoot my French Lebel and Berthier long rifles with loads of 16 grs of 2400 powder behind a cast 205gr unsized, approx. a .331 dia bullet and get a little over inch groups at 50yrs. Which are ok for my eyes. However when I used the same load in the shorter barreled Berthier carbines, some of the shots are on target and othes fly way to the right almost off the paper.
I'm assuming I need to try either a reduced or incresed power charge or a different powder entirely. Is 2400 the wrong powder to use for the shorter barrels? I have other powders I can use like Unique, 3031, 4895, 4227, 4064. Hope I got those numbers right. Any ideas? Ray