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CptCurl
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Re: Using your double to its fullest
30/11/04 09:18 AM

Dugaboy and 4seventy,

I have sent the heavier bullets screaming out of the rifle, yet they still shoot apart.

I don't own a chronograph, but I occasionally have the use of one. I did chronograph my best loads with the 270 grain Speer bullet. That load was 55.0 gr. IMR 4320, with a CCI 200. The average of both barrels was 2284 fps. I did not want to go any hotter than that.

I have not chronographed other loads in the 9.3x74R, but I have tried a multitude. They all cry out for lighter bullets by spreading the barrel groups. Not until I started shooting the 235 Hawk did I ever see the barrel groups come together or cross. With the 235 this occurs exactly where you expect it (although I can't report specifics, as I don't have that data on my computer or otherwise at hand). I am shooting Hodgdon 4350, with the powder right to the base of the bullet.

So that's how my 9.3 acts! I think I would have to load with TNT to get a heavy bullet fast enough to print together. The rifle is not stamped with a bullet weight, but it tells me loud and clear that it was regulated for the 15 gram bullet.

338x74R,

I did email MidwayUSA asking if they would carry the 15 gram Norma Vulkan bullet. Got no reply. I intend to call them about it.

By the way, I read an article many years ago about the wildcat 338x74R. I believe Elmer Keith had one made up - it's been that long ago. I love the .338 bore and have shot a .338 Win. Mag. a zillion times. I almost had a .338x74R built on a Sharps Borschardt action. Never did it, but I think it would have been a dandy.

And now, since we have been discussing the wellbeing of my 9.3x74R, I'll just let you peek at it a little closer. It's an old codger with proofs pre-dating 1912.

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Using your double to its fullest	NE450No2	24/11/04 06:00 AM
Re: Using your double to its fullest	cr500	02/01/05 01:33 PM
Re: Using your double to its fullest	NE450No2	02/01/05 01:57 PM
Re: Using your double to its fullest	4seventy	27/11/04 11:34 PM
Re: Using your double to its fullest	DUGABOY1	28/11/04 02:47 AM
Re: Using your double to its fullest	Marrakai	25/11/04 12:24 AM
Re: Using your double to its fullest	mickey	25/11/04 01:58 AM
Re: Using your double to its fullest	NE450No2	25/11/04 04:58 AM
Re: Using your double to its fullest	CptCurl	25/11/04 08:14 AM
Re: Using your double to its fullest	DUGABOY1	25/11/04 09:22 AM
Re: Using your double to its fullest	NE450No2	25/11/04 03:39 PM
Re: Using your double to its fullest	CptCurl	26/11/04 12:37 AM
Re: Using your double to its fullest	4seventy	27/11/04 11:09 PM
Re: Using your double to its fullest	DUGABOY1	28/11/04 02:56 AM
Re: Using your double to its fullest	CptCurl	30/11/04 09:18 AM
Re: Using your double to its fullest	DUGABOY1	01/12/04 03:51 AM
Re: Using your double to its fullest	new_guy	30/11/04 02:44 PM
Re: Using your double to its fullest	mickey	30/11/04 03:07 PM
Re: Using your double to its fullest	CptCurl	30/11/04 03:50 PM
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Re: Using your double to its fullest	CptCurl	02/12/04 11:12 PM
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Re: Using your double to its fullest	DUGABOY1	26/11/04 03:57 AM
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