I have the Gypsy wagon packed for the trip to Alma Mich for a silhouette match and at the last minute I decided to take along the .45-70 I very seldom shoot. It was build for my Daughter and it's a little more decked out then what I like for a working rifle.
Last night and this morning I threw 200 loads together to take and this morning I took 30 rounds to the range to get a 200 yard sight setting on these rumble strip flat nosed bullets that Harry Pope liked so well. I set up two targets at 200 yards the first to get on the paper and the second for the final group on a uncluttered target.
I have found in the past that this rifle don't like a hard hold into the shoulder pocket with down pressure on the sticks. It always has shot it's best with a tight grip around the wrist but just slight pressure back into the pocket. Today with this Pope bullet I started with a hard hold and I could see this was not going to work with this rifle as usual. some of my rifles I have to glue them into the pocket with down pressure some just let slide on the sticks. Below is the target with the last 10 rounds I had 5 I shot with a very tight pull into the pocket and those are the red pasters and 5 with just a tight grip around the wrist and just rifle pressure on the sticks. Those are the unpatched holes and there should be 5 holes but two went in one hole on the nine just making it a little more oblong.
Strange how temperamental rifles are with just a change of a hold or pressure.
So if you get some unexplained hits were they should not be you might pay attention on your grip change.......Kurt

   

Nice Kurt-------i have the opposite situation with a Lone Star Rolling block in 40-65
If i don't really get a grip and good pocket pressure it might not hit the burm-----last saturday it did kill 10 rams

Caleb (grandson) and i are loaded heading to the Texas Silhouette Championship this friday thru sunday

Shoot well and have a great match

Dave

These rifles can make one scratch the head at times wondering what is going on.
You and the grandson enjoy the weekend. I have four grand daughter ranging from 22 and 8 the youngest and the one that likes to shoot is 10 now and she shoots the .22 cpa as well as me but I'm not ready to hand her a .40-65 yet. It's the smallest caliber I have. They are relocating down in Kentucky in june so I won't see her to often now.

Always pays to give the rifle what it wants, not what you want it to have.

Kurt-Check to be sure you have clearance, between the back of the forearm and the front of the rec'r.
Gary

There is,

Kurt good luck and have fun.

(05-02-2018, 08:26 PM)Hiwall55 Wrote: Kurt good luck and have fun.

Bill come on up and join us. You can miss all the junk in Gary and Chicago by heading a little east then north. It's a well run match.

Kurt, that is a beautiful, elegant rifle. A true heirloom. Shoot straight, rdnck.

Thank you Bill. That was my intend when I ordered it but it's just my type of rifle. I favor the plain Jane type.
Here is the other side. I had Suzi put a mountain lion on the other side because my daughters nick name is kitten. It will be her rifle when I'm gone.