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03-20-2009 10:49 PM
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Nice looking double rifle
Nice looking double o/u rifle, did they say what bullet weights to use and powder charge ?
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The max load of BP or Pyrodex is 150 gr, or 130 gr of TripleSeven. They don't specify the max projectile weight, but the examples that they use run from 250 to 300 gr. I don't think that there would be a problem using 350 or 400 gr bullets, but the trajectory would suffer of course. The rifling is 1:28, so would not be suitable for RB or very light projectiles.
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I sent back the original double rifle to Traditions.
They have replaced it with one of the lower grade guns. I have tried it out with 80 gr of T7 and a 250 gr sabot. That's is not the load that I eventually would like to use in it, but it was a start. I'm putting a 2.5x Burris scope on for my 70 year old eyes. The next step will be to take it to the range for sighting in and regulating the barrels. The upper barrel is adjustable, so you first sight in the lower, then regulate the upper to the same point of impact.
The first gun that they sent me had a lot of handling marks, dings, etc. The wood was very pretty, but the laser engravings were cheezy! The replacement barrels load easily and the gun looks much more business like. Photos will eventually follow.
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The earlier versions of the SXS double barrel black powder rifles had two rear sight leafs to correspond to where each barrel hit. I believe the Traditions uses screws to move the point of impact of the top barrel. Your load would be developed with the bottom barrel, and then adjust the top barrel to shoot to point of impact of the lower barrel. Changing loads could throw this off.