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1500 miles round trip from the Boise area will burn some $5+ gas!
It will be interesting how much it may effect attendance. Two of us are splitting the gas, so that helps.
Only did so-so last year...

Slim, I forgot to say that I had found some PPU brass at Graff's & Sons. this winter.
I have been trying 20 rds. of that with the touch hole drilled out to 7/64" Larry. Working good.

I know that this is a month old thread, but I also wanted to throw my thanks in to Larry Gibson, the Dutchman, Noblade and others on here for some great info.
I was shooting a M-38 Swede with cast...

I just use com-block surplus in my SKS's, as they are not exactly benchrest guns. But ,in my Ruger Am Rch, they (Extreme- like Berry's) will shoot sub-MOA with CFE-Blackout.

So why no .38-55 choice?? My 336CB shoots lights out & is strong medicine on the rams!

HarryO/Rickster,
I used to be a crop duster & built a 2/3 scale Early Bird Jenny biplane that falls into the sport pilot category. Only have about $6K in it with a Metro engine (2 gal/hr). Have...

Desky85,
I have two Pedersoli Bodines- one 30" in .45-70 that I use for silhouette (a 30 last week & a 1st in class at the Nationals) and it will mostly shoot under 2" at 200yds. on call- good...

Suo Gan,
If you really expect to match your buddies Sako, about your only chance would be a decent M-39 (which you can get with a Sako barrel, but the others work fine).
It will cost you...

mnzrxr,
I have several Pedersoli's that I compete with.. They ALL like .460" bullets! (W/W)
I don't size & just finger seat.. works fine in .45-70s & 90s.. doubt that it would be much...

MNZRXR,
The NP wads will lower your SD..
Gert, (MARTINIBELGIAN) is correct that Robinson shoots his custom RB in .45-120 very well.
However, when I was shooting shoulder to shoulder with him...

Yep, the coming home was the toughest..

In early '77 with a mini-14 in hand at 40 yds. I had the opportunity to nail Hanoi Jane.. did not do it.. tough decision, but we are better than her.
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Emmett,
No experience with a .50 (other than ML's), but all my BPCR's prefer Real BP- Goex cartridge works OK. I have had terrible results in comparison with the substitutes AND as noted above,...

Fido... Yes, I use a nylon brush on the end of a flexible rod & push one slightly dampened (50/50 prestone or 10% water souluable cutting oil) 2" arsenal patch (you can buy them from Buffalo Arms) ...

Fido FWIW, I use that bullet in a .45-70 Pedersoli Bodine RB for the 220 Y. chickens in Silhouette matches (was good for 7 of 10 a month ago). No wad, just dump in the powder directly from a...

No lead, but I only shot 3 @ 2,500 (113 gr), 3 @ 2,000 (185 gr.) & the rest about 1700.
I interpolated the .308/.30-06 data in Lee's reloading book on pressure vs. boolit hardness for the 7.62X54.
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I just tried out some fairly warm loads- 38.0 Blc-2, 113grs of H2O quenched W/W sized .313" (apx 2,500 fps) in a new to me "Antique" Finn M9. Held under 2" @ 100y with bbl sights.
I have 2 others...

44Min
Krashinburn has it about right.. I was there in '65-'66.. Generally there were areas that needed little or no prep to use them as LZ's & you did not want to make a big production of fixing...

Scrounger,
Not a flame, but I've shot a "crudely modified" Bator mould lengthened to 62 grs.) in my 1:8 AR-15 That does about 1.5" @ 100- nothing to write home about, as it shoots "J" bullets a...

Van,
Like Beemer, the Lee 185 (WC W/W) works great in my two M-39's & 91-30. 16.5-2400 gives me 1-1/2 Moa.. Good luck! ..Dennis

Pat,
Whoops, I guess that I don't check in very often- just now saw your guestion about a photo of the cherry & Bator mould that I modified. Sorry, but I am not computer literate enough to take...

RU,
Actually, I just shot a 200 yd. Military bolt action position match today in Vale, OR with my M-39 & that 185 Lee. I was the only one shooting cast & scored in the top third 177 of 200...

Ridural,
13Echo has good info regarding BP (that is ALL I shoot in my BPCRs). A cleaning tip that may be helpful. is to take a good slug of water or two when you are done shooting & blow it thru...

FWIW, I bought a full to the top 5 gal bucket yesterday- that is typically 130+# that will yield maybe just over 100# for $25.. The thing is, in two years, it will be hard to find any At ANY price...

+1 on the need to foul the barrel with one or two shots, but try one or two Dry Fires & see if that does not bring the 1st rd. flyers in a little closer to the rest...
I have a couple M-39s & a...

Badgeredd,
I Don't hunt myself anymore, though I know a couple of guys that sucessfully use their Sharps rifles with BP hunting- but, they are all .45-70 using around 30:1 alloy- typically...