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DarylS
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Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"
07/03/06 06:00 AM

Way to go - sounds great so far.
: Important to casting, is the alloy, and final size of the bullet. You will find a difference in shooting with different lubes.
: Lube that worked for me with smokeless loads, are SPG, 60/40 mix of Beeswax/Vaseline. I had less than stellar results with the alox lubes, even with smokless loads. Anther lube that shows promise is Lyman Moly lube in the stick form for lube-sizers, but testing on that one is on-going at this time. I even tested some sprayed with Hoppe's moly lube and they shot without leading with reasonable accuracy.
: Bullets, I've found, should be .002" LARGER than the groove diameter. .001" is OK, but groove size will normally lead the bore and shoot poorly. At 1,900 to 2,100fps, straight WW alloy shot well for me, but WW are a bit harder up here than the US equivalent.
; Questions?
1/. did the bullets lead the bore?
2/. what diameter are they ready to load?
3/. what is the groove diameter of the barrel?
3/. what is the rate of twist?
4/. are your groupings lefts and rights including any divergence or crossing of the barrels.
: Do keep up posted - a most interesting rifle, indeed. Great performance so far. The accuracy will come with bullet and load developement, I am certain.
: BTW- IMR 3031 is a very accurate powder for the big cases. A filler may not be necessary with it. As well, 4895 is another good performer, being just a shade hotter than Varget. As well, it may not need the filler. I would be using magnum primers. All straight cases seem to prefer them. With BP loads, the FED215 is THE primer to use. Personally, I'd use them for all loads.

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Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

Edited by Daryl_S (07/03/06 06:03 AM)

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Hollis 500/450	BlainSmipy	05/03/06 11:22 AM
*	BlainSmipy	16/05/06 04:17 AM
Re: New project Guns for the 50-90 and 50-140 Sharps D	8x56mn	16/05/06 05:46 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	oupa	01/04/06 08:20 AM
*	BlainSmipy	02/04/06 04:04 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	rigbymauser	23/03/06 08:10 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	DarylS	02/04/06 02:10 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	BlainSmipy	23/03/06 09:33 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	doublegunfan	23/03/06 10:35 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	rigbymauser	23/03/06 04:20 PM
*	BlainSmipy	18/03/06 04:02 PM
Re: 200+ Hot loads fired thus far	kweber	21/03/06 05:27 AM
405 Win and 45 caliber builds	BlainSmipy	21/03/06 08:48 AM
Re: 405 Win and 45 caliber builds	Bronco	02/04/06 05:01 AM
*	BlainSmipy	02/04/06 05:53 AM
Re: 405 Win and 45 caliber builds	Bronco	02/04/06 12:08 PM
Re: 405 Win and 45 caliber builds	kweber	21/03/06 10:46 AM
*	BlainSmipy	05/04/06 07:00 AM
*	BlainSmipy	06/04/06 05:49 PM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	banzaibird	06/04/06 08:29 PM
*	BlainSmipy	07/04/06 12:06 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	banzaibird	07/04/06 01:42 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	AkMike	07/04/06 01:35 AM
*	BlainSmipy	07/04/06 02:08 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	banzaibird	07/04/06 09:23 AM
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Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	banzaibird	07/04/06 11:02 PM
*	BlainSmipy	08/04/06 08:23 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	banzaibird	08/04/06 10:27 AM
*	BlainSmipy	05/05/06 04:52 PM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	banzaibird	06/05/06 11:13 AM
*	BlainSmipy	06/05/06 02:41 PM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	Marrakai	08/04/06 09:56 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	BlainSmipy	08/04/06 11:35 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	Marrakai	08/04/06 09:58 PM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	Marrakai	08/04/06 11:56 PM
*	BlainSmipy	08/04/06 11:31 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	gitano	08/04/06 10:24 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	gitano	08/04/06 02:07 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	banzaibird	08/04/06 03:34 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	gitano	08/04/06 07:59 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	tinker	07/04/06 09:44 AM
Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	banzaibird	07/04/06 10:22 AM
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Re: 50-90 Sharps Hammer gun build	tinker	07/04/06 04:21 AM
Re: 405 Win and 45 caliber builds	oupa	21/03/06 12:26 PM
Re: 405 Win and 45 caliber builds	doublegunfan	22/03/06 05:05 AM
Re: 405 Win and 45 caliber builds	BlainSmipy	21/03/06 03:58 PM
Re: 200+ Hot loads fired thus far	AkMike	18/03/06 04:14 PM
Re: 200+ Hot loads fired thus far	577500WR	19/03/06 12:20 PM
Re: 200+ Hot loads fired thus far	AkMike	19/03/06 12:32 PM
Re: 200+ Hot loads fired thus far	577500WR	19/03/06 02:09 PM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	banzaibird	05/03/06 12:21 PM
*	BlainSmipy	07/03/06 05:22 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	DarylS	07/03/06 06:00 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	banzaibird	07/03/06 05:28 AM
*	BlainSmipy	07/03/06 06:11 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	banzaibird	07/03/06 06:40 AM
*	BlainSmipy	07/03/06 06:50 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	doublegunfan	07/03/06 07:54 AM
*	BlainSmipy	07/03/06 10:22 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	doublegunfan	08/03/06 05:23 AM
Hollis 500/450	BlainSmipy	08/03/06 10:04 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	DarylS	09/03/06 06:59 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	banzaibird	08/03/06 08:49 AM
Re: First firing of project gun #1 50-90 Sharps 2.5"	doublegunfan	09/03/06 06:41 AM
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