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doubleriflejack
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Anybody experienced in shooting a Lancaster Colindian?
#156631 - 16/03/10 07:50 AM

like to hear from someone who has a Lancaster Colindian (smooth oval bore rifling-full length), has experience using bullet mold and sizer die for it, and has shot it. Does anyone have any idea just how rare these type of Lancaster guns are----I suspect quite rare, based on my seeing very few of them for sale over past 40 years or so?

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Huvius
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Re: Anybody experienced in shooting a Lancaster Colindian? [Re: doubleriflejack]
#156651 - 16/03/10 12:39 PM

There is an article by Ross Seyfreid in the latest Double Gun Journal on the Lancaster Colindian.
There is a lesser grade Colindian for sale at http://www.doublegunhq.com/itemDetails.aspx?id=3698 too.
They are cool for sure.

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doubleriflejack
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Re: Anybody experienced in shooting a Lancaster Colindian? [Re: Huvius]
#156705 - 17/03/10 01:46 AM

Thank you Huvbius. I was aware of, and read, the DGJ article. Additionally, I bought the Colindian you mentioned, prior to your bringing my attention to it, and I thought that he deleted it from sale listings. However, I was trying to see if I could locate someone who has loaded for and worked out good accurate handloads for this sort of smooth oval bore rifling

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Re: Anybody experienced in shooting a Lancaster Colindian? [Re: doubleriflejack]
#156722 - 17/03/10 04:03 AM

DRJ,
If this were my gun , I would get a paradox mold or some sample bullets cast no harder than 20to1 and about 730gr. I might even try pure lead. I would have sizer made that would size a bullet to the point you could push it through the bore with little resistance. I would also want to be able to size larger than that up to around .735 at various diameters. I would use the the pressure tested Unique load CAREFULLY starting under 21grs and shooting over a chronograph looking for a velocity of around 1050fps to 1150fps. I would assemble the loads in the same manner as any Westley or Holland paradox starting with the smaller bullets. But I wouldn't and couldn't advise anyone to do this other than myself.

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doubleriflejack
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Re: Anybody experienced in shooting a Lancaster Colindian? [Re: gatsby]
#156977 - 20/03/10 11:50 AM

Thank yuo, Gatsby, I was thinking of doing basically what you suggest, and I intend to do that as soon as the weather gets a bit warmer. Thanks again for your thoughts on this matter.

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Grenadier
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Re: Anybody experienced in shooting a Lancaster Colindian? [Re: doubleriflejack]
#157407 - 25/03/10 11:04 AM

Best wishes getting your load worked out. I hope you bring that gun up to the H&H SxS Championship and Paradox Exhibition in Mt. Vernon, WA on Aug. 7th. I'd really enjoy seeing it.

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