This weekend here in Colo there having a Cowboy silhouette match for leverguns.
Furthest shot is 200 meters. 40 shot match off hand. Planning on attending!
I plan on taking my Uberti winchester 1873 in 45 colt.
Loads are Lyman 452664, 250grn sized at .452 and fairly soft (brinell "6"), SPG lubed, 35 grns Goex FFG in mainly starline brass once fired. Necked sized only. magnum primers.
Now I have maybe put about 30 rounds through this rifle since I bought it last month. 20 of those where smokeless anemic rounds and 10 were BP rounds full length resized.
BTW: the bp rounds were a heck of a lot funner and more accurate than the smokeless.
After shooting several smokeless and all the bp rounds the 73's action was filthy.
Reading here and there I decided on just neck sizing the brass to stimulate less blowback, according to what I have read and was suggested here in other postings.
So now, I guess I have the jitters, I'm worried the action will get so dirty during the match I won't make it through it without it jamming up!
I guess this is my worst case thinking, argh!
Honestly I think the rifle would make the 40 shot run ok, but not sure with another 15-20 rounds during practice time, they give you an hour for practice.
So just in case this is a possibility, what should I do to avoid this situation??
Not quite sure how the match is run so not sure if your able to clean during match or not?
If so what spray/ cleaner in the action? Not popping sideplates. I have some older bp bore solvents I can use, Or maybe some household concoction in a spray bottle.
Wondering in Colo, or just over thinking?