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Taylor416
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Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello
09/01/12 11:11 AM

Many years ago, I came into possession of a SMLE, cheap and rough (don't ask which model, I can't remember) that had been chambered for the 38/55, I grabbed it as a project for load development etc. I started loading .375 235gn projectiles but found they were not long enough to catch on the forward tabs of the magazine, so I had to load them singly. By trial and error I loaded 255gn spire points and loaded them with a bit of length to catch on the tabs at the front of the magazine to hold them in the magazine. I could have bypassed this problem by relocating the forward tabs, but simply didn't get around to it.
I kept the loads down and found the rifle shot a very tight group with open sights. After load development I found that ten shots averaged 1844fps over the chronograph. I shot quite a few feral pigs & horses before I moved it on.
The next chap upped the loads considerably and found that it handled them well.

cheers

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Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	C_Davidson	02/01/12 10:25 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	leeenfield	11/02/12 08:56 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	Sarg	03/03/17 12:00 PM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	darwinmauser	03/01/12 08:47 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	C_Davidson	03/01/12 09:27 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	darwinmauser	05/01/12 02:26 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	Story	05/01/12 12:49 PM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	Story	05/01/12 12:57 PM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	C_Davidson	06/01/12 09:03 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	Story	09/01/12 07:23 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	Taylor416	09/01/12 11:11 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	Phillip	10/01/12 03:19 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	simonsaorsa	17/01/12 05:29 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	C_Davidson	17/01/12 11:29 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	simonsaorsa	18/01/12 05:58 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	C_Davidson	18/01/12 11:54 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	C_Davidson	09/01/12 11:02 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	darwinmauser	21/01/12 11:53 PM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	C_Davidson	03/02/12 03:24 PM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	tinker	03/02/12 03:38 PM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	C_Davidson	04/02/12 03:50 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	BigEyeBob	29/03/17 07:43 PM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	tinker	04/02/12 04:57 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	jc5	03/02/12 03:57 PM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	458Win	05/01/12 07:24 PM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	Story	06/01/12 05:39 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	Sarg	06/01/12 06:34 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	C_Davidson	06/01/12 08:22 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	Rowdy	04/01/12 12:46 AM

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