First Time Out With My Trapdoor

[oldfoneguy]

The bullets are a 405gr .460 diameter hard cast of unknown alloy with a semi wadcutter profile. I've slugged the barrel and found .464 grooves and .454 lands. I know that there are better bullets but these came with the rifle and there are nearly 400 of them so from an economic standpoint I'll be using these for a while. It also came with some 350gr but I don't think I'll be using those as I have read accuracy falls off as the weight goes down. I didn't load these rounds so I can't vouch for their consistency. I weighed them and only used the middle average ones but none were the exact same weight. I believe they were charged with a Lee dipper and not a scale as that was part of the die set that came with it.

Once I get the small issues with the rifle completed I'll concentrate on the loads. Even with an undersized bullet I should be able to tighten the grouping some. I'll start hinting now about the bullets I want for my birthday.

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[browningautorifle]

It also came with some 350gr

The word used to be that the 350s were the bullets to hunt with, I did use them with no ill effects for accuracy in "3 Ruger, '86 Winchester but I was shooting at closer rangers. Not even 100 yds...I also used some 405 cast and they worked well on white tails. Again, not black powder and mostly '86 Winchester for white tail.