.38-50 #2

[Kurt]

Jim,

I don't get the results with my larger calibers that I have found with these two rifles. Maybe it's the lack of recoil, less muzzle jump or just things work right. Don't know....
What has me wondering is the tight groups are almost equal in size with 4 different powder loads and not much change of the impact hight. Yes the target was close but I don't have anything farther that I can set up the target so I have what I have. This might all fall apart when I shoot midrange or silhouettes and that will have to wait till next season to find out.
My .38-50 Hepburn has a Green Mountain barrel on it that shoot very well also and I think this GM barrel just might do well also down the line. This sort of puts me at ease with this move.

A while back curiosity got the best of me I had to see what different primers do with the same powder loads. I used LP, LR, LR MAG of different manufactures just to see the effects. The difference between the LR and LP using Fed and CCI there was not differences between them. Even LR Mag was close. But manufactures showed some big change, like using Rem,Wolf, Win or the Lellier&Bellot LR.

The largest over looked item shooting these BPCR is the composition of the alloy and bullet shape. This is where a lot of the down fall lays. The trend the last 25 years or so is using bullet designs from the HP low drag designs. I will stick with the blunter nosed and just screw up the elevation screw on mu sights.

Let me know your gains for the .40-82. It's been on my mind for a spell. I been seeing that it can be a little finicky....

Kurt