(05-21-2022, 01:27 PM)Kurt Wrote:

(05-12-2022, 12:52 PM)ian45662 Wrote: My wife’s 38 was delivered yesterday. 30” half round 12 twist Douglas barrel. Weighs about 10.5 pounds. This is the only picture I was able to upload.

Well Ian it's been 9 days since you sent this, where is the target????

We just shot a few shots with it at 100 yards after work last Sunday. We were planning on doing more but I had to work. We got the scope sorta dialed in and once we did that she shot a 3 shot group that was about an inch. Doesn’t really tell us much but what she really wanted to see is what the recoil felt like. She was all smiles when shooting it. Last weekend was out N-SSA national matches so we didn’t have a chance to shoot her new rifle but this weekend we have a 2 day silhouette match in Kentucky. I am busy trying to get ammo loaded for her. The bullets I have are to fat for the bore of her rifle so I am sizing them down from .364 down to .362. One great thing is that brass fired in our chambers fit each other so no sorting brass. We are just going to shoot the same load but her bullets will be a little smaller. No time to do any load development with it before the match but we figure we can just test loads at the matches since we won’t have time to get to the range for a while. We will get her some sight settings Friday and then she will jump in with both feet on Saturday and Sunday. I’ll let ya know how it goes.

I wish both of you well! Smiles from shooting a BPCR are a good thing, May they continue!

A full report with pictures is expected next week! Good luck!

Ian
If you ever would like to try this bullet your more than welcome to borrow this mould to cast a bunch.
The bullet is a fine shooter in my rifle but with the long freebore it has I have to breach seat it or it get wild.
The base is at groove diameter when patched and it holds in the case snug with out having to size the neck.
https://www.buffaloarms.com/371-345-grn-...1345e.html

It's good you two enjoy doing this. Hold tight and have fun.

Kurt

(05-24-2022, 06:52 PM)Kurt Wrote: Ian
If you ever would like to try this bullet your more than welcome to borrow this mould to cast a bunch.
The bullet is a fine shooter in my rifle but with the long freebore it has I have to breach seat it or it get wild.
The base is at groove diameter when patched and it holds in the case snug with out having to size the neck.
https://www.buffaloarms.com/371-345-grn-...1345e.html

It's good you two enjoy doing this. Hold tight and have fun.

Kurt

Thanks!! I may eventually. For now we will try this one. I do have some shorter DD bullets that will fit her rifle that I may try later. I was at the loading bench lastnight wet patching bullets for her and the .362 bullets are very tight with the Seth cole 55w. They will chamber but you can see the rifling marks in the paper once the projectile is pulled out. The Seth cole 55Y makes for a much better fit. I have 100 wet patched with the 55w. Tonight I think I will load 50 with the 55y and dry patch them. I’ll take some patches to the shoot with me and I can re patch the 100 wet patches with 55y if I need to. Jim I will try to upload pictures but very few of the pics that I try to upload actually make it. Either way there will be a full report.

My .38-50 chamber is tight. I patch my DD bullet at .376" at the base and .366" on the shank. They are a snug fit in a fired case when loading them and if I just slightly deform the case mouth while seating the wad and compressing the powder that case will not chamber with out a very hard push with the thumb or I use a pusher that Arnie gave me.
I found annealing the necks for the fire forming process and for the second forming shot a tight wad thumb pushed in the case expands the case mouth slightly enough that the case without a bullet is a very hard push into the chamber the last 1/4".
I ended up cutting a .30-40 Krag Lee full length sizing die down just below the shoulder and taking two thousands off at a time till I had a proper fit I wanted just so when seating the bullet in the case it would have a slight resistance when spinning the bullet in the case mouth. This makes a very good neck sizing die.
This has been a fun caliber and still is.
I just need to get to a long range for a match or just have a place to shoot past 200 yards to fine tune this rifle.

Raining here again today and it's very cool might have to turn the heat on again.
I hope it passes by before the weekend so these matches in Wis are on.

Kurt

We have a long range match 2nd weekend in June and she is going to shoot it. I have not decided if I will go for my 38 or my 45 but your right , this little cartridge is a ton of fun. I’m excited to start shooting Friday.

Where is that match Ian?
The Doc told me not to shoot anything larger than the .22 for a spell till the back heals but it goes in one ear and out the other this little .38 I hardly feel when it goes off.

(05-25-2022, 01:41 PM)Kurt Wrote: Where is that match Ian?
The Doc told me not to shoot anything larger than the .22 for a spell till the back heals but it goes in one ear and out the other this little .38 I hardly feel when it goes off.

Camp Atterburry Indiana

That weekend also happens to be my wife’s birthday weekend so we will have cake and Bourbon at our camper for everyone to enjoy.

My wife’s first match didn’t go how she had hoped. She is very much against the wiping required for paper patch. So we have decided that she would be better suited with a grease groove bullet. BACO has a 365 grain Creedmoor bullet that is 1.4” long. I am thinkIng about ordering that with 2 reduced bands so that we can seat it out a little farther and use a little more powder with it. I will see if they can cut the reduced bands at either .367 which is her bore diameter or maybe .368. What are your thoughts ?