45-75 ... Took out some Turkeys - Pigs and Rams Today

[john boy]

The Lee 457 and the 457192's with 23gr XMP5744 - wind gusting to 30mph ... took out turkeys (300m) - pigs (400m) and rams (500m).  This all took place while I was getting vernier settings on the rifle.  The rounds were chrono'd @ 1120fps

Between now and Friday - the original powder loads will be sent down range too.  The chrono numbers are:
65gr Meteor FFg - 1233 and 65gr Express FFg - 1312fps

Interesting that the BP loads had a higher velocity then the smokeless 

[Grizzly Adams]

Interesting that the BP loads had a higher velocity then the smokeless 

Maybe you need to put a little more powder in those babies, John.

[john boy]

Grizzly, forgot to mention ... Remember those PP rounds that I made from my Sharps adjustable mold?  Well, them little 252gr bullets with 63gr of CTG roar at 1323 fps with a 0.060 dry felt wad and wax paper on top of the wad!  Am interested to see how they will fly to 500m

Am thinking, if I loaded em with FFFg they should do better than 1400 fps and with luck, might even make it to 1000!

[Grizzly Adams]

Sounds promising!  I would be interested in knowing how well a light bullet like that would do at 1000 yards.  Keep us posted on your efforts.

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

The Mounties competed in shooting matches up to 600 yards with factory ammo.  The .303 Lee-Metford carbine was in service at the same time, and apparently the '76 was still considered competative.