I purchased another 1885 high wall, a Uberti .45 Colt. My shots were not consistently close enough together to sight in the rifle this weekend. I was shooting at 100 yards, because the 50 yard range was taken. I am out of practice and my eyes are older. So it’s probably me and not the rifle.
It has 1:16 twist, and a heavy 30 inch barrel. The specs are for .452 lead. I was using 9.0 and 9.5 gn of Unique with 255 gn LSWC. Extraction was OK. The cases seem to seal well in the chamber. But I was wondering if I should slow it down by reducing the load. Or maybe find a slower burning powder to take advantage of the barrel. I’m going back to the 50 yard range soon, and work my way up on distance.
I put on a taller front sight, which helped my sight picture. The original front sight was too short for the rear sight for 100 yds. Will eventually strip the stock and refinish with an oil finish.
Any thoughts on the right load for this rifle would be helpful. I know it’s 100 yard cartridge in a 500 yard rifle. But with my eyes, 100 yards can be hard to see.
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