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Offline Paul5388

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« on: April 23, 2005, 06:41:36 PM »
I have been conversing with JPH45 about the .30-30 barrel I just got from him.

I have mounted it on a SB2 receiver with synthetic stock and installed a Bushnell Sportsman 3-9X 40 mm that came off of my .45-70.   This receiver has had a factory trigger lightening when I sent it in for a .357 Mag barrel a year ago.  After mounting the barrel, I checked it with a .001" feeler gauge that would lock up between the receiver and the barrel, but it couldn't be pull out once it was locked in.

I shot about 10 rounds through it yesterday, loaded with 28.0 gr surplus IMR 4895, Win 150 Jfn, R-P brass and Win LR primers.  The primers were backing out a little and the groups were right around 1 1/2" at 100 yards, so I reduced the load to 27.0 gr.

Here's the results of backing down 1.0 gr.


For some reason, I can't get this image big enough, but there is a fouling shot to the left of the bull in the 5 ring and then 5 shots in the black and the left portion of the bullseye in .875" at 100 yards.

The only thing I did different, besides the powder charge, was to run a bore brush though it and another one in the chamber.  It evidently took two shots, I burned the first one off the target, to get the degree of fouling it needed to shoot good.

Do you really think I need to tell JPH I'm a very happy camper?  :D   :-D

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« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2005, 03:09:44 AM »
Good shootin Paul! I'd say that is what ya call a dead deer!! 8)
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« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2005, 03:21:06 AM »
Yeah, that barrel will shoot, no question about it. Glad you like Paul, some mighty fine shootin' on your part there as well.
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« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2005, 07:52:35 AM »
OK Paul , now get yourself some .308 110 gr Hornady Spirepoints and try 41 gr of W748 with CCI 250 primers (LRM) and tell us how that works.
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« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2005, 10:16:28 AM »
Actually Vance, I need to try a bunch of bullets I got from JPH45 today!  Stuffit wants me to try some Lyman 311291s also.  So, I have a lot to try out even though my gouty finger and thumb really isn't any better.

It's a tough life, but someone has to do it!   :shock:

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« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2005, 04:04:56 PM »
Instead of duplicating what I have on another forum, let me direct you to what I posted today.
http://forums.handloads.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6629&PN=1&TPN=1