I lIve and still have most of me facilties still in order!!!
Hmm Just as the people here have written and offered helpfull advice.
Duly taken and considered.
I went out and shot it today. Put 75 rnds thought it. Cleaned it once.
Hmmm
heres a pic of some of the groups I shot with it.
First off I would like to say I started with 17 gns of ADI 2207 win mag primers 150 Hornady sp interlocks.
Mild
up to about 21.6 grains and then you could feel the pressure kick in.
22 grns and they strung verticle
22.5 seemed verticle and horizontal for some reason
23 grains and the primers were flatened but the edges still round.
At 23.5 grains it was walloping me around..well pretty snappy.
The primers started to creater slightly and a small shiney mark was left on them from extraction.
This must be close to max for my gun. I have no idea of the pressure. Strung horizontal
One of the primers looked as thou it had a very small hairline crack in it. (may have been a bit heavy on the powder)
From guestimation I think they where travelling around 1950 fps.
about 1 1/2 high at 100 yds. roughly 35-45 inches low at the 325 yrd gong.
Grouped somwhere between 1 1/2 inches with the 23 grn loads into about 1" with a flyer.
Somewhere between 22.5 and 23 I presume would be about best.
I left me targets at home and with a 1 inch circle at 100yrds me 'ol 4 x had it covered. By noon it was not as clear or focused as the morning..bit of glare and mirage.
Apart from the 6 lb trigger I think I done well with it.
Remington primers will be used next time.
ACTION ANALYSIS
Before shooting
With a cigarrette paper one could
just close the breach and you could pull it out.
With a slightly positive closure it was tight on the cig paper.
After shooting
Analysis the same.
Before shooting
There was a bit of rust on the barrel bit that goes into the locking pin at the back of the action.
After baout 20-30 rounds and the barrell was hot the action seemed to loosen...well you could feel a bit of slop when open but still locked up tightly.
After shooting
I used some white board marker on the area that locates in the pin and it just marks it now. Just a wee bit of marker gets wiped of the barrell lug thingo now but as before todays session it would wipe it clean.
There was no change in the area of the amount that the locking mechamism that I can tell at all.
I had a nice golden wipe of primer or case residue from the extractor wiping on the breach face.
My ears hurt and I'm tried..it was a big day for a widdle Barra.
Quite happy with the lower loads as being a big woosie and shooting of bags not holding the stock is comfortable enough with out to much boot for me.
Things to do
Fix the trigger a bit..
Find a lower pressure load..powder combo...
Think I will not exceed this pressure in this....
I will not use factory stuff.
I may have seated the projectiles out to far and as the barrell and chamber fouled with gunk after a while I found that I had to close the breach abit harder to get some shells in. Probably relating to a higher pressure seemn on a few rounds and One not extracting unfired when the range officer call a cease fire..
Thank god I wear glasses...nothing happened....
Still I'm chuffed with the little beasty!!!!
300 mtre gong aint too bad on the first day and a few 150 yrd bowling pins and scared the crap out of one at 200 yrds for a few rounds.
Long ways to go but If I knew what pressure 23 or 23.5 grains of Adi 2207 or Hogdens equivilent H4198 is I would know the MAX pressure of this here gun.
Personally I think I would like to go down Just a weee bit more.
Play with the bedding etc
Thanks all.
Obviously chime in and tell me what a twit I 've been etc etc
All advice greatfully taken.
Even thou I may have been pushing the envelope a bit..Or too much.
Comments!!!
Bruce