Olde Eynsford verses Swiss
Last year I got a case of 1.5 Swiss to give it a try. I worked up several ladder loads to find the best load for two PP bullets I use the most in the .45-90. One is a 515 gr Prolate and the other a 535 gr Elliptical from BA. Both bullets are good performers at all ranges.
Last year at the Mt 1000 I had two boxes of ammo left over from Baker and the Q and when getting sight settings at the Mt. 1000 I found only 21 rounds in the box of OE loads and a full box of 1.5 Swiss. The swiss loads shot well at the Q but did not shoot as well as the 2F OE so I used the 2F OE at the Q and ended up in 12th or 15th place ov er all I don't remember which for sure. That was a 83 gr load of 2F OE with a CCI 200 primer and the 535 gr Elliptical PP bullet.
At the Mt. 1000 during sight in the best I could do was 50% on all four targets. Well I pulled out the box of 83 Gr loads of 2F OE and it was lite, it only had 21 rounds in it not enough to shoot the whole match.
On match morning I fouled the barrel on the CPA .45-90 and took one shot using one of the 21 rounds to get a sight setting for it and put the box back in the gypsy wagon.
During the match the Mt winds where doing their best as usual and the first three targets 2 I made 5 hits using the swiss and one only 4 hits. I told Carol to get the box of 83 gr OE for the last target. http://historicshooting.com/mybb/ima...lies/smile.gif she came back and said I can only find this box with 20 rounds in it, I said I only need 11 http://historicshooting.com/mybb/ima...es/biggrin.gif Those 11 rounds all hit most in the white.
This winter I ordered another case of Swiss and when the weather started to get fit for working up test loads I started with 3 rounds each with the two bullets I shoot from zero compression to .400 and came up several times with a 84 gr load with .190" compression so I loaded up a box of 100 and took it to Wisconsin where I had a chance to shoot 600 yards during very calm conditions. They shot a 3" vertical mostly but some that put a hole where my sight didn't see the spot when the shot was fired.
I pulled out three 83 gr OE loads and shot the last 3 and that group with the 3 shots was under 3" closer to 2" @600 yds.
I must admit that this baffles me that I cant get the swiss to shoot better then what I have.
This morning I went out between rains and a mild 10 O-Clock 6 mph wind and shot 10 rounds each alternating shots on two targets to keep the conditions as close as I can and the OE load put 7 shots into a nice 2" oval group with three wild. two I called because of to much finger on the trigger before I was ready and one dropped 2" low I cant explain. The best swiss load was 4" with two wild once.
Fouling control was two damp two dry second dry patch was clean in both loads.
If you Swiss shooters have a secret way of loading I would like to hear it. http://historicshooting.com/mybb/ima...lies/smile.gif .........Kurt