38-55 Bullet weight VS. Twist?

[barnabus]

I need to order a mould from Accurate to shoot in my Pedersoli High Wall in 38-55. The twist is listed as 1:12 What bullet weight would yall recommend what would be best from 100-300 yards? Mostly punching paper from a bench. Thanks!

[Jedman]

That's a fast twist for a 38-55, Most any weight bullet would work for 300 yards or less but I would look for something 260 grs. or heavier.

Jedman

[Nobade]

That rifle was designed specifically for a 300 grain Dan Theodore design. Not sure who was making the moulds, maybe Steve Brooks? You might ask Tom @ Accurate if he's familiar with that particular rifle before ordering.

[barnabus]

That's a fast twist for a 38-55, Most any weight bullet would work for 300 yards or less but I would look for something 260 grs. or heavier.

Jedman

how heavy exactly? I'm looking at a 380 grainer. Would that be more stable than say something around 345 grains?

[marlinman93]

I'd not use a bullet as heavy as the 380 gr. myself. I'd stick with the 300 gr., and you'll get superb accuracy, plus less felt recoil.

[country gent]

In my C Sharp's High wall 38-55 1-12 mcgowen barrel Ive shot both the 335 lyman ( postel style) and a 360 grn Nasa by Bernie Rowels at Old West moulds with very satisfactory results out to 500 yds. ( Farthest range available to me.) My load is true black powder olde ensforde 2f a .060 napa rubber fiber wad, 2 tracing paper wads compressed to hand seat the bullet. Load give 1230 fps is easy to shoot and 10 rams in a row cant be wrong LOL.

[Chill Wills]

Nobade, might this be the one you are thinking about? However, it comes in heaver than 300 grs.

This is the one to try ... You will have to have a copy made. I think Steve Brooks will make it. It is the exact mate to the rifles chamber design and will likely shoot to the maximum ability of the rifle.

[Nobade]

Nobade, might this be the one you are thinking about? However, it comes in heaver than 300 grs.

This is the one to try ... You will have to have a copy made. I think Steve Brooks will make it. It is the exact mate to the rifles chamber design and will likely shoot to the maximum ability of the rifle.

That's the one. I was off in my weight, but that's what I was thinking of. Rifle and bullet are made for each other.

[Gunlaker]

Buffalo Arms makes a number of molds for fast twist .38 cal rifles. I'm not sure how many of them are suitable for the Pedersoli bore/groove dimensions though.

Your rifle will be able to handle pretty heavy and long bullets with excellent accuracy. I shoot a couple of .38-55's and a .38-50 with 1:14 twist and I use bullets around 1.3" long and 320-330gr in weight.

Chris.

[WKAYE]

I have that same rifle and the Dan T mould for it. BACO makes the mould and mine drops @ 365 grains. The OP however stated he will only be shooting from 100_ 300 yds so there is no need for a mould costing that much.
I also have the Lyman Postel that weighs 330 grains and drops @ .380. At 300 meters it shoots as well as the Dan T at far less cost. That would be my recommendation.

[Bad Ass Wallace]

Mine drops 372gn and in the Pedersoli, 50gns of Swiss No,2 (3F) shoots very accurately. The mould was made by Paul Jones.