Boastful braggart or fruits of my labor.
Oct 26, 2020 11:47:46 GMT -7
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Post by Bullshop on Oct 26, 2020 11:47:46 GMT -7
Most of the regular crowd here will likely remember back a ways when we got the 1874 Sharps cal 45 2 4/10 made by Sulphur River Armory of Naples Texas. We just call it the mystery Sharps because we can not find any history of any such company even after contacting the chamber of commerce of Naples Texas.
I have had possession of this rifle long enough now that you would think I would have it figured out and I think I have, finally. Until just recently I was using the same bullets that shoot so well in my Browning 1885 Hi-wall 45-70 which have been clones of the Lyman 530gn Postell. These shoot so well in the Browning that I scored so well with at the one and only time I shot at the Quigley shoot in Forsythe MT but have given less than bragging results in the Sharps. 100 yard groups have been fair but not fantastic and long range has been inconsistent
Finally this summer a light went on in my sometimes thick impenetrable noggin. The Browning 45-70 has a 1/18" rifling twist rate where as the Sharps has a 1/20" twist. The symptoms of moderate range fair accuracy but with long range inconsistency were there I was just not seeing them. I wanted them to shoot and that was blinding me to not seeing the forest for the trees.
With that revelation I went to a lighter but more importantly shorter bullet design in this case the old original RCBS 45-500 BPS. This bullet has always shot well in any 45-70 I have ever tried them in with no regard to twist. Its just not and never was in the main stream for long range and the top shooters would call poo-poo with its use. But being limited by twist I decided to go with the poo-poo bullet anyway and am now glad I did.
The accompanying target photo is I realize nothing more than a single three shot 100 yard group and being so has little meaning but to say I am ecstatically pleased is a gross understatement. It is though I believe an indicator that I am headed in the right direction for long range consistency even if it is with a poo-poo bullet with lower BC than what the big boys are shooting.
A great group is its own special reward and I am proud of that achievement but the proverbial frosting on the cake is that it was fired using Graff & Sons FFG black powder. That satisfaction not from the fact that the fuel is black powder but from the fact that it is absolutely the cheapest black powder on the market selling at about 1/3 the cost of the more trendy powder brands. That's it right there in a nutshell the best group I have ever shot with this rifle with the cheapest black powder I can buy. That is a pure pleasure that I could not contain so yes I come to brag but will also note the fact that it didn't come easy I had to work for it. So I guess its up to you dear reader to decide, boastful braggart or fruits of my labor?
I have had possession of this rifle long enough now that you would think I would have it figured out and I think I have, finally. Until just recently I was using the same bullets that shoot so well in my Browning 1885 Hi-wall 45-70 which have been clones of the Lyman 530gn Postell. These shoot so well in the Browning that I scored so well with at the one and only time I shot at the Quigley shoot in Forsythe MT but have given less than bragging results in the Sharps. 100 yard groups have been fair but not fantastic and long range has been inconsistent
Finally this summer a light went on in my sometimes thick impenetrable noggin. The Browning 45-70 has a 1/18" rifling twist rate where as the Sharps has a 1/20" twist. The symptoms of moderate range fair accuracy but with long range inconsistency were there I was just not seeing them. I wanted them to shoot and that was blinding me to not seeing the forest for the trees.
With that revelation I went to a lighter but more importantly shorter bullet design in this case the old original RCBS 45-500 BPS. This bullet has always shot well in any 45-70 I have ever tried them in with no regard to twist. Its just not and never was in the main stream for long range and the top shooters would call poo-poo with its use. But being limited by twist I decided to go with the poo-poo bullet anyway and am now glad I did.
The accompanying target photo is I realize nothing more than a single three shot 100 yard group and being so has little meaning but to say I am ecstatically pleased is a gross understatement. It is though I believe an indicator that I am headed in the right direction for long range consistency even if it is with a poo-poo bullet with lower BC than what the big boys are shooting.
A great group is its own special reward and I am proud of that achievement but the proverbial frosting on the cake is that it was fired using Graff & Sons FFG black powder. That satisfaction not from the fact that the fuel is black powder but from the fact that it is absolutely the cheapest black powder on the market selling at about 1/3 the cost of the more trendy powder brands. That's it right there in a nutshell the best group I have ever shot with this rifle with the cheapest black powder I can buy. That is a pure pleasure that I could not contain so yes I come to brag but will also note the fact that it didn't come easy I had to work for it. So I guess its up to you dear reader to decide, boastful braggart or fruits of my labor?
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