Lever rifle matches

[Kurt]

Well my Marlin .444 and I came to a agreement, well sort of for now I been shooting at my 130 yard target here at home and the rifle settled down to a 3" group average. And a little tighter with 50 gr of 2F OE shooting dirty through the magazine with 10 shots fired with out feeding problems. So Black will also work.
I been using the Accurate 43-280-F bullet and 27 gr of 5744 powder. It is a good load and the rifle handles it well, not as good as my Jacketed swaged bullets shoot but it is a good start. Those little 27 gr squib loads sure do jab some. Makes that 50 gr load of 2f feel light.
The impact at 130 yards is 7" low with the rear sight all the way up and I even sanded the base of the front sight down as far as I can and still hold the barrel couture the sight ramp has. I have a Lyman 66 sight coming tnx. to Mikes suggestion so the elevation wont be a problem once I get that on. I have a 17-A globe for the front but this will wait. I like using a post anyway.

Kurt