Questions on the CR carbine

[Mad Dog]

With our new pistol cartridge deer season, here in Indiana, am thinking about one of these for my son, for deer season.  He has used a 20 ga. tracker II, since he was 11[he's 25 now].  I thought one of these might be great for him.  Some questions though.

1.  For those that have one, is the barrel tapped to accept a scope rail/scope?

2.  What factory loads seem to shoot best in them?

3.  What's the rate of twist on the barrel?

4.  What is the going price for one of them?

Thanks!

Mad Dog

[stimpylu32]

maddog

The barrel is a 1 in 16 twist and yes its drilled & tapped for a scope rail , as for factory ammo , i haven't used any in 15 years  .

stimpy

[Wolfgang]

Mad Dog,

Like Stimpy said yes they are drilled and tapped and he gave you the twist.  And again like Stimpy I have not bought a factory round since I can remember.  I will say that it shoots very well and within any reasonable range will have a lot of thump.

Wolfgang

[Mad Dog]

I DO handload for my .45-70, but my son doesn't.  Not enough time to develop a load before our firearms deer season[its harvest time].   So that's why I'm looking for a good factory deer load, for this fall.

Mad Dog

[quickdtoo]

Can't help ya on the factory loads either, but a Lee die set can be had for $21-$31!! Mine shoots real good with +P loads at a little over 1900fps with 250gr jacketed bullets, I'd try the hotter loads like Cor-bon or Buffalo bore. Handloading for the Colt definitely has an advantage in that you can use the 250gr SST muzzleloader bullet to extend the effective range of the Colt to 175yds or so with no hold over and more that sufficient energy for deer at that range, maybe even a bit further, specially if the rifle is scoped.

Tim

http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums/index.php/topic,124487.msg1098436387.html#msg1098436387

Trajectory for Custom .451 dia. (45 cal) 250 gr. SST at 1900 Feet per Second
At an Elevation Angle of: 0 degrees
Ballistic Coefficients of: 0.21   0.21   0.21   0.21   0.21
Velocity Boundaries (Feet per Second) of: 720   720   720   720
Wind Direction is: 0.0 o'clock and a Wind Velocity of: 0.0 Miles per hour
Wind Components are (Miles per Hour): DownRange: 0.0   Cross Range: 0.0   Vertical: 0.0
Altitude: 0 Feet with a Standard Atmospheric Model.
Temperature: 59 F
Data Printed in English Units
Range   Velocity   Energy   Momentum   Drop   Bullet Path   Wind Drift   Time of Flight
(Yards)   (Ft/Sec)   (Ft/Lbs)   (Lb-Sec)   (inches)   (inches)   (inches)   (Seconds)
0   1900.0   2003.6   2.11   0.0   -1.5   0.0   0.000000000
25   1813.0   1824.3   2.01   -0.31   0.64   0.0   0.040410915
50   1728.8   1658.9   1.92   -1.28   2.12   0.0   0.082775723
75   1647.7   1506.9   1.83   -2.98   2.88   0.0   0.127215091
100   1569.9   1367.9   1.74   -5.48   2.83   0.0   0.173850143
125   1495.7   1241.6   1.66   -8.86   1.9   0.0   0.222799891
150   1425.3   1127.5   1.58   -13.21   0.0   0.0   0.274174654
175   1359.1   1025.3   1.51   -18.64   -2.97   0.0   0.328070501
200   1297.5   934.4   1.44   -25.24   -7.12   0.0   0.384560653