Re: 40 2-5/8"
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2022 4:31 am
Bob, hell of a deal, i love the cartridge, it's how i came to be with '74 Sharps rifles, i saw a long barreled [34 inch] rifle standing in the rack of a LGS, i asked JR what's up, he said 45-120 Sharps, set of RCBS dies and 200 sticks of Jamison brass, 800 bucks out the door, i paid the man, contacted Mr. Bagwell on another forum, he said, grab everything you have for that big fire breathing POS and get down here LOL!.........................and so it began, two originals and 8 Shiloh's later, it's a great sport! You best take care when those originals show up, awful easy to chit-can a checkbook with them ; ]
DD, i have three 45-70's, two Shiloh's and an original '86 with half round barrel, the 40 should make a great light big game hunting rifle, speaking of 45-70's, what does everyone use to get absolutely accurate grease cookie thickness, i cant seem to find a flat pan around here, my 3rd 45-70 just came last week, Mrs. Bagwell was nice enough to sell me Bill's Montana Roughrider, it's one of five rifles Kirk tooled up and made with 20 twist #1 heavy barrels, i want to do the rifle right, just annealed 180 sticks Starline brass last night, i'm gonna be damn good with that rifle come hunting season, it will be the only Sharps i use this season.
First load test, 75gr KIK 2F from the old metal cans, CCI-BR2, 0.180" black magic cookie, 0.400" compression, two 0.012" playing card wads, 516gr parallel sided, base pour, paper patch from Ed Tilton mould with 0.250" flat meplat, 1229 fps, 11 fps e.s.
Old buddy Bill shot his 500 ish grain bullets in the 1220-1240 fps range, betting his ladder barrel sight correlation marks will be on.
DD, i have three 45-70's, two Shiloh's and an original '86 with half round barrel, the 40 should make a great light big game hunting rifle, speaking of 45-70's, what does everyone use to get absolutely accurate grease cookie thickness, i cant seem to find a flat pan around here, my 3rd 45-70 just came last week, Mrs. Bagwell was nice enough to sell me Bill's Montana Roughrider, it's one of five rifles Kirk tooled up and made with 20 twist #1 heavy barrels, i want to do the rifle right, just annealed 180 sticks Starline brass last night, i'm gonna be damn good with that rifle come hunting season, it will be the only Sharps i use this season.
First load test, 75gr KIK 2F from the old metal cans, CCI-BR2, 0.180" black magic cookie, 0.400" compression, two 0.012" playing card wads, 516gr parallel sided, base pour, paper patch from Ed Tilton mould with 0.250" flat meplat, 1229 fps, 11 fps e.s.
Old buddy Bill shot his 500 ish grain bullets in the 1220-1240 fps range, betting his ladder barrel sight correlation marks will be on.