For those that were keeping up with this thread, the rifle arrived a couple of days ago. It is a thing of beauty. As soon as I get the chance Ill try to post a picture. I have tried a few different loads in the gun. Started with three rounds of 2f Bp to get an Idea of what the proper velocity for this particular cartridge should be. It went a little over 1300fps. The secound loads were run with 5744 powder in Three shot strings. The middle string shot pretty well but about 8" high at fifty yards. Powder burned pretty dirty. Left alot of partially burnt kernels in the bore and chamber. This was expected. Moved on to SR4759 powder. The first shot went 1089fps so I raised it one grain and it hit 1689fps. two twitchy for me. Tomorrow I am going to try IMR 4198. This gun sure is a hoot to shoot.
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