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Thread: .38-50 Remington Hepburn Grafs .30-40 brass

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    Bob,

    I don't know what the Hornady are like for the .30-40 Krag but I found them to be short in other calibers. But this might be good for the .38-50 to keep the trimming the length down

    The Winchester brass I won't complain about. It has shown very good accuracy despite the long freebore my chamber has that tends to throw a round out if I don't use a proper bullet for this chamber.
    Below are some ladder loads using Swiss and Olde Eynsford.

    I pulled out the chronograph to see what this .38-50 pushes these 357 gr bullets. I just shot here on my 100 yard range that has been shooting the best on the 200 yard range with a couple different types of powder and loads.
    All the bullets were cast with my alloy I use that is a 1# roll of 95/5 no lead solder 95% tin/5% antimony and 18# lead except for the 5 rounds using Arnies WW/Linotype alloy. For some reason I got one round loaded in a 303 British case that got mixed in with the .30-40 Krag cases. The .303 Brit cases are .039" shorter. I would not have thought that they would slow the bullet down about 20 fps, but it did.
    The orange dot is 2". I seldom use the chronograph and I was surprised that the groups held tight at 100 yards like they did with the ES spread.
    I think bullet release has a lot to do with the ES. I will turn the necks as soon as I make the proper pilot for this caliber.
    The left target was shot from the 200 yd line.
    I'm starting to really like this little .38-50 Hep. I wish I would have had one sooner now.

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    Last edited by Lead pot; 07-18-2022 at 02:17 PM.

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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check