50-70 Sharps Military Rifle

[Eric Johanen]

Out today with the Shiloh Military Rifle and results were good. Adjusted the sights and figured out how much blade to hold and it was centering the shots nicely at 100 yards I used OS Dixie brass with CCI bench rest primers and 70 grs. of KIK 2fg topped with a .030 vegi wad. The Lyman 515141 sized to 512 dia did not shoot too badly. Occasional flyers. The AA 51-465S shot really well. Bullets dropped from the mold and pan lubed with DGL. I shot several with out fouling control and blow tubed, wiping between shot strings. Final group of the day went into 2 1/8 inches wide by 3 inches high in the nine and ten ring of the SR-1C. Checked the velocity and it went 1281 fps. The load should flat lay out our deer! I will anneal this brass before the next reload. We'll get em next time! Yesterday I turned chunks of lead in to 273 1# ingots.....Many bullets waiting to be born!!!