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15meter, that is a wonderful chain of ownership history!

Thanks fellas. I didn't know it. The only silhouette I shot -- 20 or more years ago -- was with scoped Contenders in 6.5 and 7mm TCU. Never ran a .44 for this, and when I hunted with a SBH I loaded...

Well phooey. Slugged the bore of this rifle made in 1902 and I get .303/.311. It came with 80 rounds of Wisconsin Cartridge bullets loaded with 180-grain .308 soft points over 32 grains of a ball...

Wondering what y'all are shooting from your .44 Magnums at the handgun silhouette matches. I might try giving this a whang with the CVA Scout 2 pistol.

Dagnab it. I was in Fredericksburg yesterday and forgot to stop at Texas Jack's.

Well Charlie, that is a mighty creative solution, I must say!

Well I ordered the Lee dies, so I guess I'll find out soon what size the expander ball is.

Doing further research it appears MostlyLeverGuns is right about barrel specs. I ran across a Terry Wieland article on the .303 in a 2019 issue of Handloader and he references an apparently...

Redhawk, I am assuming by your results that your rifle has the .300/.308 barrel specs? It is hard to pin down when and even if Savage went from .303/.311 barrels to .300/.308. Ken Waters reported...

The Lee mold is dropping a very nice bullet for me out of range scrap, running about 251 grains. I'll powder coat some of them and try them with 2400 and 5744.

Might have an early 1899 in the stable before long and have always wanted to load for and shoot this particular cartridge. I have a couple of Lee molds that ought to cover the bases whether a...

Me too. It was only 95 percent here. Hardly got dim.

What, and miss the eclipse? :smile:

Thanks fellas. Very encouraging. I have 5744 on hand, and 2400. Good Hodgdon data with 5744.

From the Lyman Blackpowder Handbook, page 103. On page 89, they show a .36 caliber round ball getting 2,505 out of a 43-inch barrel using 70 grains of G-O FFFg....

Thanks Mark. I haven't tried any of the Lars smokeless lubes, just the Swiss for black powder cartridge. Good stuff.

Wondering how y'all are liking this boolit in either or both of these chamberings. I have the mold incoming along with the Lee .376 push-through sizer as the rifle is a Marlin 336 rebarrelled with a...

Rockindaddy, wonderful job on saving that old Shiloh. Vall, great story about that mule deer with the Ballard. The last blacktail in Oregon that I did not shoot was a candidate to roll to the bottom...

What fun, and good luck! I had a little Damascus-barrelled 14-gauge percussion shottie a while back and it was quite useful. Wads from Circle Fly, of course.

I need to consider making my own wool felt wads as well. Wayne, where do you buy your felt, and what thickness?
Regarding chamber mouth grease, I am going to experiment with "Udderly Smooth" lanolin...

I disagree that anyone is "paying through the nose" for a high-quality flint lock. The good ones are milled, hand-assembled and hand tuned, with parts properly hardened -- especially the frizzen....

I'm another fan of the circle dot reticles -- and in green. When a range officer in New Mexico I had the chance to handle and shoot a number of pistols with various dot sights -- Leupold, Burris,...

My one purchase from Collectors was a Remington Model 8 in .25 Remington. They described the bore as in good condition. When it arrived, I was horrified to find multiple rings near the muzzle, and it...

That's a stunning rifle, in stunning wood. The cartridges remind me of the .56-50s I used to load for an ArmiSport Spencer.

Tim, that was a very good deal if in any sort of decent shape.
Bad Ass, your Cadet sporter is simply drop-dead gorgeous.