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rigbymauser
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Re: Heinrich Scherping 500 BPE
      09/09/07 06:39 AM

Congratulation with your new/old gun

I would advise you to reload ammo in blackpowder. The original load for the .500BPE was 140 grain Black powder + 440 grain leadbullet. I don`t know if the germans had some other loads aswell??.

If you are going to shoot this thing as you intend, it would be adviseable to have your barrels "slugged", and then order a bulletmold for the nominal dia.

Midway has a lot of reloading stuff, but also Buffalo Arms ifn idaho could supply you with stuff, such as brass , dies and bulletmold...maybe ever good leadbullets aswell.

The .500BPE caliber was considered a large medium bore of its time, and practicly every gunmaker around the world made that caliber.

IF you are going to reload smokeless powder, I would have the gun checked by a gunsmith WHO KNOWS SOMETHING ABOUT DOUBLERIFLE AND BLACKPOWDERLOADS....not just any local "bubba"...even if it requires some travelling out of state.

If your gun is tight you shouldn`t be affraid to makeup blackpowderloads with FG/FFG blackpowder.
There are many books about reloading blackpowder rifle catridges...techniqes and such....one cannot too much litteratur about ones favorite hobby...bookcollecting will become a secondary hobby..hahaha

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* Heinrich Scherping 500 BPE m4220 09/09/07 01:23 AM
. * * Re: Heinrich Scherping 500 BPE mehulkamdar   11/09/07 05:18 AM
. * * Re: Heinrich Scherping 500 BPE m4220   11/09/07 08:24 AM
. * * Re: Heinrich Scherping 500 BPE mehulkamdar   12/09/07 11:49 AM
. * * Re: Heinrich Scherping 500 BPE m4220   20/09/07 01:11 PM
. * * Re: Heinrich Scherping 500 BPE peter   20/09/07 06:36 PM
. * * Re: Heinrich Scherping 500 BPE 500grains   21/09/07 01:51 AM
. * * Re: Heinrich Scherping 500 BPE fuhrmann   21/09/07 06:48 AM
. * * Re: Heinrich Scherping 500 BPE 400NitroExpress   21/09/07 08:06 AM
. * * Re: Heinrich Scherping 500 BPE fuhrmann   21/09/07 05:25 PM
. * * Re: Heinrich Scherping 500 BPE m4220   21/09/07 09:37 AM
. * * Re: Heinrich Scherping 500 BPE fuhrmann   21/09/07 05:43 PM
. * * Re: Heinrich Scherping 500 BPE empirevr   23/09/07 06:05 PM
. * * Re: Heinrich Scherping 500 BPE 400NitroExpress   21/09/07 10:16 AM
. * * Re: Heinrich Scherping 500 BPE m4220   21/09/07 10:42 AM
. * * Re: Heinrich Scherping 500 BPE peter   21/09/07 04:03 PM
. * * Re: Heinrich Scherping 500 BPE 400NitroExpress   11/09/07 02:14 AM
. * * Re: Heinrich Scherping 500 BPE m4220   11/09/07 04:17 AM
. * * Re: Heinrich Scherping 500 BPE 400NitroExpress   11/09/07 05:14 AM
. * * Re: Heinrich Scherping 500 BPE rigbymauser   09/09/07 06:39 AM
. * * Re: Heinrich Scherping 500 BPE Rustyzipper   10/09/07 10:45 PM

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