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I don't have access to a chronograph. I'm shooting my Searcy Classic with Butch's regulation loads (400 grain Woodleigh softs and 82 grains of IMR-4831 long cut and Fed. 215 primers). They regulate perfectly with Woodleigh solids with 1/2 grain less powder. In fact, to day, I shot a right and left at 100 meters into 1.5" (with a 2.5 Leupold scope... I can't see irons that well, but I did get one ragged hole at 25 yards). Butch's loads are usually pretty fast. Any idea what the MV should be with the 26" barrel? Frank, have you chronographed yours? Ernest (els), the loads you sent me seemed to hold 80 grains of IMR-4831 and printed 3" apart and 3" low, so I assume they were somewhat slower? JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous. | ||
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Judge, I have had mine out to the range twice with the chronograph. All rounds were Butch's regulation load. First trip, I got 2270 fps average. Second trip, I got 2178 fps average. I did not record the weather so I cannot say whether the velocity disparity was weather related. Mike | |||
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I haven't chronographed any loads yet; I'll try to do that in the next couple of weeks. I'm camping a lot this month, and haven't shot much. ____________________________ .470 & 9.3X74R Chapuis' Tikka O/U 9.3X74R Searcy Classics 450/.400 3" & .577 C&H .375 2 1/2" Krieghoff .500 NE Member Dallas Safari Club | |||
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Yes I had backed down a little on that load. With my rifle at 82 grains velocity was consistently 2200 + . That is not very much less than real 416 Rigby velocities. you are going to be very happy with you new rifle... I impressed the hell out of my P.H. and surprised the hell out of me and a Baboon at about 150 yards. He was sitting on some rocks looking at us. I asked if I could have go at him and Clinton said sure and set up the sticks. To make a short story long. A 400 grain woodleigh doesn't do a baboon a whole lot of good.  If you own a gun and you are not a member of the NRA and other pro 2nd amendment organizations then YOU are part of the problem. | |||
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That is the load that I have used in all my 450-400 3" guns.. and it ran out at 2150 FPS give or take 25 FPS in all my guns. It is a good safe load in any 60 cordite gun, and I didn't have any problems with it in my 55 cordite gun. I have had two Jefferys, an Army Navy and a Searcy..I will soon have another searcy in the classic and that will be my last hunting double. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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Three sets of four shots, three different loads, 2 lefts and 2 rights for each load, all fired at the same target, all same bullet weight: LL..........RR : too slow: high and diverged .....LLRR..... : just right: bullseye RR..........LL : too fast: crossed and low | |||
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Some nonsense here. Who can find it? Or is someone switching bullet weights and we are talking apples and oranges on the target?
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