If she is not comfortable wiping let he use the blow tube till she shoots and gets aquatinted with the rifle.
A BT will work fine but it will take up a few grains of powder.
I would use a vellum translucent tracing paper that will except the moisture better than the paper we normally use. It does not shred the inner wrap as well as woodbine/cotton gut it won't wrinkle the bullet when seating the shell.
The important thing is, Your Wife and rifle need to form a partnership, and that is time behind the buttplate with you two at the range and it won't take long and she will start doing different things with the wiping and using the blow tube.
We are going to stick with greasers for now but she is going to shoot paper patch at atterburry. She will have a lot more time and will be able to wipe between shots and not be pushed for time
I did shoot the 38 at our match on Sunday. Shot my highest score with it which was a 30. I made a mistake on a turkey and a ram so I know the score could have been a little higher which makes me feel better about this thing. Winds weren’t to bad though but I think the load is getting better. The bullets were coming out of the mould at around .3645 and were a very tight fit. I ended up getting a .364 sizing die and the fit much much better. Easier to chamber and they seemed to shoot better but again, winds weren’t to bad. so from now on with this particular rifle I will size these bullets and keep shooting it.
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RE: .38-50 Hepburn
Ian,
I'm finding the more I load and shoot the cases the more consistent this rifle shoots. I can tell before I load that it will not be where the last shot went. I think this .30 caliber necked brass takes several shots to get fully expanded even annealing it after each cleaning.
Yesterday I payed attention how tight the bullet was seated in the case and there was a difference especially at 500 yards.
From now on I will keep the cases separate after cleaning and I will sort then by neck thickness and down the line I will turn the necks so I get consistent bullet release.
The reason a dog has so many friends is because he wags his tail instead of his tongue.
Looks like I will be shooting my 38 also for the 800,900 and 1000 yard match. This will be a really good test to see if my 12 twist can stabilize these 1.47”
Long bullets. Winds are usually not very friendly at this range in Indiana
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Ian,
If that 1.47" puts one hole through the paper at the 1K it sure will start a lot of head scratching. Personally I think it will get the job done.
I don't have one that long but I would use my 1.42"
I have one DD at 1.4" , my first mould that gave me problems on and off, but gave very good accuracy if I breach seated the bullet because of the long freebore my chamber has I would let you use to cast a bunch to try. if yours gives you a problem.
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Personally I think it will get the job done.