Browning 1885 BPCR

[Robert L]

Don,

Thanks for the suggestion; however, I have used this load/bullet for over 15 years in a Pedersoli Sharps with excellent results. I might tend to agree with you based on just the bullet statistics but in practice the 63 grains of FFG stabilizes the bullet just fine.

A difference I did note regarding the bore dimensions/rifling; I forced the above described bullet through the bore of the Browning. I had to tap the wooden dowel I used to push it through but I didn't have to do much more than light taps. The bullet showed very light engraving , by the rifling. On the Pedersoli, I have to rap the dowel quite severely to get the bullet through the bore and it comes out with very distinct rifling grooves engraved on its circumference. I had a fellow shooter tell me that the Browning's like a .460 diameter bullet. Based on the results of the rifling marks on the bullets I think I might have better success with a new bullet mold that produces a slightly larger diameter bullet. That's not to say that a change in the amount of powder is not out of the question but the bullet test seems to me to deserve the bulk of my attention today. Tomorrow I may think differently?

My intent with this post was to gather info on the Browning's since it is a new gun to me and I assumed that anyone owning one would have already invented the wheel, so to speak.