Were they really?

[Kurt]

I been looking at those testers Kevin and also one of those digital once that don't use an impression, not quite sure just how they read the harness.
That bottom CPA rifle has a .45-90 and the switch barrel that goes with it is in the .44-100 Rem St. but it has a set trigger and it weighs in just under 11# so it would not make the test.

I looked at one that costs over 30k.
It was pretty cool as to what it would tell you what the lead composition was but for that price it better also shoot them all in the X at a 1000.

You should just turn loose of your heavy 74 in 44-100 so I don’t have to build a rifle.

Kevin that heavy barreled beast has some great accuracy potentials for sure. It has shot the tightest groups that shame all my other rifles, but I just don't like to lug it around. It tips the gun cart over if I don't have 300 rounds in the front to add extra weight and IO shot that rifle once at the Quigley and it put me in the top 20 with out hitting one off hand bucket. Just too heavy to shoot it off hand. I thought about screwing that barrel back off and put the original .44-2-5/8 BN back on it and turn this barrel down to a 1" at the muzzle and shorten the 35" long to a 32" or 30" but I keep thinking maybe someday I would like a lesser recoiling long range rifle.
I just don't understand why now day long range shooters don't use the .44 calibers. I have them in the .44-90 bn(2),.44-77, and the .44-75 Ballard.
I had a chamber cast from a original .44-100 Rem St Hepburn rifle that was used for the Creedmoor matches that had all tools and extra bullets and the rifle was just like new the only thing I changed was the neck diameter to a .438"/.446".
I used this rifle a couple weeks ago for Brians postal match and I fell flat on my face using it, I never seen this rifle scatter the shots like that at 200 yards, even the 600 yard targets are smaller groups than it was but the ammo was several years old and they sat in the hot truck. I should load up some ladder loads for it with the OE and Swiss again. It shot mostly 2F KIK but it's gone.

The left target groups are outside too outside. The right target was shot at 200 yards.