RBHarter
West Central AR
Er something .
I was reading about Makers Bullets and a fellow running a solid copper 200 gr 2600 fps . There was no mention of his platform , I suspect a Ruger or Mauser .
This feeds into my desire to run the 1895 up to 460 Smith levels with a 250 or get the Barnes 275 TACX look alike 400ish done at Mountain since I can't get enough interest to get it done at NOE .
Look at that I can have drift in the opening post ........
I do have the 250 gr Rapine mould and a number 195-230 gr pistol bullets . For setting speed records a paper patch 195 SWC ought to do with a case full H322 or something close , with a 35kpsi limit for the Marlin it should be pretty easy to get well north of 2300 fps since a Colts with a 350 will make 1280 under 20,000 (more wandering a whole different project that made me get the 45-70 in the first place) .
This is just a dalliance and most likely won't leave the board . Although reaching the X frame levels in a rifle should be easy with the 250 and I may go ahead using 300 gr jacketed data as a starting point . The nose profile is no help and 458s don't break the .280 BC until they get to 400+ gr so really it's just an excuse to burn powder and say it was done .
So input , have I hit most of the futility high points ?
Suggestions on powders ? H322 , H4198 , I4895 , 3031 , Unique , screened BP?
I was reading about Makers Bullets and a fellow running a solid copper 200 gr 2600 fps . There was no mention of his platform , I suspect a Ruger or Mauser .
This feeds into my desire to run the 1895 up to 460 Smith levels with a 250 or get the Barnes 275 TACX look alike 400ish done at Mountain since I can't get enough interest to get it done at NOE .
Look at that I can have drift in the opening post ........
I do have the 250 gr Rapine mould and a number 195-230 gr pistol bullets . For setting speed records a paper patch 195 SWC ought to do with a case full H322 or something close , with a 35kpsi limit for the Marlin it should be pretty easy to get well north of 2300 fps since a Colts with a 350 will make 1280 under 20,000 (more wandering a whole different project that made me get the 45-70 in the first place) .
This is just a dalliance and most likely won't leave the board . Although reaching the X frame levels in a rifle should be easy with the 250 and I may go ahead using 300 gr jacketed data as a starting point . The nose profile is no help and 458s don't break the .280 BC until they get to 400+ gr so really it's just an excuse to burn powder and say it was done .
So input , have I hit most of the futility high points ?
Suggestions on powders ? H322 , H4198 , I4895 , 3031 , Unique , screened BP?