Home range report

[Kevin Alexander]

    Rifle: Pedersoli 1874 Silhouette model. New Green Mountain barrel in 45-70 with 1-16 twist, #4 Winchester profile @ 30".

Rear sight: Baldwin Soule
Front sight: Pedersoli globe

Load info: New annealed Starline brass. John Olsen Money bullet in 20-1 @ 531 grains. Swiss 1.5, 68 grains. Fiber .06 wads. CCI BR 2 primers. Compression.195.

Shot of cross sticks on bench, wiping between shots with 2 damp arsenal patches with mixture from Steve Roades.

75 degrees, wind out of south at 12 mph. Shooting direction is North.

Target is 344 yards away.

Fun day.

[Kevin Alexander]

   

[Don McDowell]

Looking pretty good Kevin.

[Gunlaker]

Nice shooting!

Chris.

[rdnck]

You have a decent core group. Now you just have to figure out how to eliminate the flyers. Shoot straight, rdnck.

[Kevin Alexander]

You have a decent core group. Now you just have to figure out how to eliminate the flyers. Shoot straight, rdnck.

One of the flyers at 10 o'clock on the white round plate was the first shot out of the clean barrel. The other 2 flyers were shooter error. Stupid mistakes. So far I can repeatedly end up with that core group, no matter how the wind is blowing.

[Lumpy Grits]

May I ask what bullet diameter you are using? Most 'Peters' like a 'fat' bullet around .460".
Also, make sure the forearm wood is not touching the rec'r at all.
Gary

[Kevin Alexander]

May I ask what bullet diameter you are using? Most 'Peters' like a 'fat' bullet around .460".
Also, make sure the forearm wood is not touching the rec'r at all.
Gary

It's .459.
Like my 1st initial post, it has new Green Mountain barrel, not the "peters" barrel.

[Lumpy Grits]

Sorry Kevin-somedamnhow my brain just didn't 'see' the GM part.
Do you weigh each charge or volume measure?
How much neck tension are you run'n?
One other item to check, is bullet runout. Keep your T.I.R. under .003 total, and you're good.
LG

[Kevin Alexander]

Sorry Kevin-somedamnhow my brain just didn't 'see' the GM part.
Do you weigh each charge or volume measure?
How much neck tension are you run'n?
One other item to check, is bullet runout. Keep your T.I.R. under .003 total, and you're good.
LG

Weighed each charge on digital scale. Seated bullet with Vickerman in line seating die. Expanded brass with BACO expander, don't recall diameter. Notebook paper between primer and brass while hand seating primer with RCBS primer.