C. Sharps Big Fifty?

[Eric Johanen]

Lucrezia spoke for the first time today! C. Sharps built a wonderful rifle with this one. I fire formed 20 pieces of Starline brass: 11 rounds with 95.0 grains of screened GOEX 1 fg from 1994 with CCI LR primer, .030 vegi wad, 1/8" dry lubed felt wad, note card wad with the BACO 511-500 grain FN bullet. No so good at 100 yards. Bullet is just too light/short for the 1X26 twist. 9 rounds loaded with 105.0 grains of the same GOEX 1 fg, CCI LR primers .030 vegi wad and a poly wad cut from 1 gallon milk carton. BACO 512-625 grain Creedmoor. Little windage adjustment and decided how much front blade to hold and it would shoot sub 2" groups at 100 yards from the bench. Not bad for the first load out of the box! With the heavy barrel and shotgun butt she's a pussycat. Nice shove back and just a hint of torque. Can not wait to try the Accurate 51-550S and some of the Sagebrush Paul Jones 650 grain Creedmoor bullets. Lucrezia is going to be one really fine shooting rifle!