Reloading metallic cartridges

[villiers]

Yes, thanks again Patrick!

Dunno what I´d have done without help from the forum in getting started with BP.

No ... not that kind of chop for the `71. But think it´ll have to go as I can´t be serious about two BP rifles at the same time and there´s not that much space in the safe for both. Pity, `cos the Mauser is in such good condition and so nicely made. The Werder seems to be more accurate.

Patrick

[gunner]

Thanks Patrick for this useful manual! Can you tell me which influence on the loads will Mozart´s concert have?

[Patrick Chadwick]

Can you tell me which influence on the loads will Mozart´s concert have?

Gunner, assuming you mean a concerto, you need to specify which one. Now there are people who will tell you that playing Mozart in the stables soothes the horses and increases the milk yield from cows. Some say that plants respond favorably to the right kind of music. And, of course playing Mozart to a pregnant woman is supposed to have a positive effect on the foetus. If there is anything in all this, then it is the result of creating a melodious, unstressed atmosphere.

Now before monitors pull this as being off-topic, I would like to point out that a relaxed, unstressed frame of mind is indeed beneficial when target-shooting. It might be advantageous to play something like the slow movement of Piano Concerto No. 23 (K488) through your ear-protection headphones next time you are at the range. It will not affect the load directly, but it might help you to shoot more accurately with that load!


Patrick

[gunner]

Thank you for this Patrick! Sorry for going a little OT. I found it interesting to see the Concerto notes at your desk. And for the shooting, i use Gunny Hathcocks method: make yourself sitting in a bubble and concentrate only on the reticle( or the ironsights).

[Patrick Chadwick]

Woodwind instruments, especially the clarinet, were my starting point in the understanding of precision woodworking, maturing of wood, long-term stability etc. The bore of a first-class instrument (such as my Buffet-Crampon) is by no means a simple cylinder, but a subtle shape that is achieved with an array of very precise reamers. And the bore on a good wind instrument shines like an old rifle barrel.

Having learnt something about what you can and should do to achieve precision in wood, it makes one cry to read some of the brutal methods advocated to "clean up" old rifle stocks.


Patrick

[gunner]

Indeed Patrick! Some haven´t the abilities to work out the stocks correct and others have to less patience. I like more the refurbing to a good condition without removing the traces of its history, except cracks and therefore i use the same methods like the armourers used in the time the rifle was in service use. I hate it to sand down the wood and if some wish to have it, i let the aeras with markings and stamps untouched. I hate it to steal their history.

BTW isn´t it better to clean the bore after any single shot with a wet patch? We tried out a method where to blowing through a hose and clean after the third shot, but it lost the accuracy so that we´re now cleaning again after any single shot. The rifle we´ve done this was a Sharps, maybe it is a bit different in use to a Werder.

[villiers]

Patrick & Gunner, I find Mozart a tad too frivolous. Am more a J.S. Bach type. Have found that just one draw with a felt tip and a drop of bore cleaner works wonders on the Werder.

PS

For Gunner: There´s a bloke born in Frankfurt/Oder called (of all things) Piefke who composed for Frederick the Great. Admire him greatly.

[gunner]

You´re talking about Johann Gottfried Piefke the Composer of some great military marches like Preußens Gloria and the Königgraetzer Marsch? Not bad this guy!

One draw after any single shot or?

[villiers]

That´s Piefke ... man of genius (but then Ludwig van B wrote the York`sche Marsch)

[jon_norstog]

gUYS,

I'm more of a blues and jazz person, though I do love opera.

I load BP for my 45-70 barreled No. 2 rolling block -originally an Argy in .43 Spanish, then my dad's .44 mag carbine ... the barrel is a semi-whitworth pattern, almost a hexGONAL bore with very deep grooves, high, narrow lands and a slow twist. It seems quite accurATe in the field. I never clean between shots, just when the shooting is over. Fire a fouling shot, then blast away. I think that was probably how those old military rifles were meant to be shot.

I've found that to get a full 70 gr. charge plus a grease wad into the case, I have to compress the powder. I do this with a bullet seating die. It seems to work OK. I use a bench-mounted powder measure rather than a dip measure and get very consistent velocities, at least the one time I got my hands on a chronograph.

Well, good luck to you. May a blue, mephitic cloud of satan's farts rise over the fair land of Germany!

jn