.38-50 #2

[Kurt]

OK, I'm done!!!

The fire forming and case prep took some time. I fired this bess 4 times after blowing out the BN shoulders shooting trimming 4 times and spending time to uniform the flash hols to .077" the largest hole I found and making them all the same and deburring the holes inside the cases. I did not do anything with the neck thickness they were all .009" +- .0014" thick.
It was a lot of work but shooting this last test using different powder and primers I see the time spent was well worth the effort. I will say that this .38 caliber is showing that it's a very good caliber.

TNX Arnie for getting me interested in this .38-50 caliber.

I don't have a rifle other than the .38-50 Hepburn that Dan at DZ Arms build that shoots as well as this rebarreled CPA does. The original CPA just did not come around like it does now.

I loaded some Swiss 1.5F and 2F using the Fed 210 Gold match primers and some 2F OE with 2-1/2 Remington LP primers and Arnies design 371-359-DD-EE-PP bullet. I shot a few the other day using the .371-345-DD-E-PP but it did not shoot as well as the 359.
I will say that the combination using the 2.5 Rem LP and the 2F OE did not do as well as the Swiss 1.5 and 2F with the Fed 210 GM LR primers did.
From this ladder load start to finish I never made a sight change with all 4 shot groups I think any will work with the Swiss 1.5 and 2F with the 210 fed primers will do well at mid range. But I will find out when I get to shoot the match. I know that I will not shoot as well at the matches sitting and using the cross sticks as I do from the bench and sand bags but it wont be the rifle that fails from what I see with this last range session today.
The Weather was perfect for this work up.

Kurt