CSA .40-70 Straight success finally...kind of

[throck3]

throck3

Now let me ask, was it the .060" wad that made the difference? or was it the extra .030" you compressed the powder using that wad?

Ken, my apologies for not getting back any sooner. I tend to attack something and then burn myself out on it for awhile. I also like to shoot a Savage M12 in 6.5 Creedmore. It will shoot half inch groups all day long and is quite fun to shoot, and that is what I have been focusing my attention upon. That and helping my son remodel a house he recently bought.

I have gotten the .40-70 back out and followed Don's advice of more powder. I loaded up 25 rounds of 70 grains of 2f Olde Eysford, and the 375 gr. Brooks bullets. Not having taken good notes the last time out, I was a little inattentive on my barrel rest point, and let it slip back a little too far. (The shooting tables at the range I use are a little short for these long rifles, but no excuses.) Once I realized I was suffering from a little barrel whip, I pushed my rest point out to about five inches from the muzzle. My group immediately shrunk to less than an inch. I have fifty more loaded to see if I can duplicate the result.