and it was good. Cool then warming a bit, mostly overcast, almost no wind, almost perfect for trying out some loads.
.45-70, for the rifle in question, using black powder and the old Lyman 500-grain round nose bullet is a fairly hard to beat combination. I'm wondering if tweaking the OAL might tighten groups a touch, will have to try that. Interestingly, the Lyman 525-grain Postell shoots best from that rifle with A5744 smokeless(at least so far, there could be some black/OAL/primer combination that would equal or better it).
.300 Blackout, that Hornady 190-grain Sub-X bullet over H4198 stays subsonic and gives good accuracy, and out of friend's Hybrid can it's amazingly quiet.
Guy I know bought a grail gun a few months ago, a double rifle in .450 Black Powder Express, and sent some pictures of finally getting to shoot it. He's happy. Now I've got to figure a way to try it out myself.
I need to transcribe some notes before I lose them, and get some cleaning done.
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I have heard of .450 BPE (The Brits have a TON of .450 cartridges) but never heard of a .453. Maybe typo?
Man, your shooting interests are all over the map. Olde School .45/70 Govt. and 300 Blackout, one of the more recent cartridge introductions. THEN blackpowder firearms.
You are a student of firearms, no doubt about it.
jrg
Typo on my part, it's .450
What can I say, I like lots of boomsticks and their fodder.
Do you reload your own .453?
That rifle is .450, I messed up while typing. And it's not mine, owner is a friend. He's digging up some information to see if any of the .45 rifle moulds I have will work for his; if so we can reload the stuff he has.
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