BPCR at the range (W/O the blackpowder, so far!) 32-20 Hepburn

[RCS]

Attachment 42273Attachment 42274Attachment 42275Attachment 42276That is a really nice Hepburn rifle with nice photos. I do not if I should have posted the following information and details because it is not black powder - but black powder could be used.

I have an original Winchester Hi-Wall action, with original Winchester double set triggers. The hammer is the later coil spring type and the new (4140 steel) breech block with small firing pin hole came from the late Ben Rice (Cherry Point NJ). the barrel is Darr and is 1 3/4 inch across the flats chambered for 32-40 Win.

I use a Hoch nose pour mould and the bullets are used in the order they are cast, they are not sized, lubed by your fingers. Each bullet is breech seated with the tool (photo) and only one single cartridge case (index to barrel) is used with 14 grs of smokeless 4227 and a Rem pistol primer. There appear to be alot of advantages in using a lathe turned nose pour bullet mould as the base is always perfect and you do not have to run the bullet through a sizer.

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[jmoore]

I use a Hoch nose pour mould and the bullets are used in the order they are cast, they are not sized, lubed by your fingers. Each bullet is breech seated with the tool (photo) and only one single cartridge case (index to barrel) is used with 14 grs of smokeless 4227 and a Rem pistol primer. There appear to be alot of advantages in using a lathe turned nose pour bullet mould as the base is always perfect and you do not have to run the bullet through a sizer.

Given the title of the thread, your non-black powder loads seem altogether appropriate! Esp. as the 32-40 is generally considered a BP round.

Have often contemplated working up some loads like that, but it's been purely an academic exercise until this point. Given the current feeding frenzy, obtaining moulds is problematic. (7,65/.303 200gr, .44 and .45 specifically of late.) The Lyman 32-20 115 gr moulds are now gone, too.

The major news at this point is the Hepburn is now available. So time to see if there's funds enough to squander! There's no practical reason to own this rifle- It's severely underpowered for Buffalo Rifle competition, it's too small for deer hunting (but legal) AND not legal for small game in this state, and modifying it would be unthinkable! But it's a joy to shoot...

[villiers]

Now that IS impressive! The short barrel Werder´s never going to be that accurate. I blow through the barrel after every round (but don´t think it makes much difference ... maybe the beer fumes clean it a bit). The Werder carbine´s supposed to get 2.5 grammes (38.58 grains) of BP but I can´t get that in together with the grease. The max. load was NOT accurate at 50 metres, so I started again with 25 grains. Am now at 34 grains and trying it out at 300 metres (100 metres was OK). I found that it´s a lot better with bullets that I weigh and only keep the ones within limits. And it does seem to need a cork washer in between the base of the bullet and the grease.