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Posted by Krustyklimber (Member # 72) on December 28, 2007, 10:30 PM:

I decided on a load to shoot in the .308. [Smile]

A CCI 200 primer, in a '64 Lake City military case, will light off 45 grains of IMR 3031, to propel a 125 grain Remington PSP, to right around 3000fps.

With the 4x scope, this load, in my rifle, shot about as well as I can, at 100 yards.

I put my 4x12 Bushnell on it, for further work with other loads (I'm out of 3031), but spent most of today frustrated as I chased my bullet holes around, trying to make it to the X.
Days are short, so once it was sighted in, I sorta rushed through some of the loads I did get to.

Like I knew it did, my rifle liked the 165 gr Swift A-Frames, and 41gr of IMR4895.

The Remington's print about 2" high (of my mil-surp baseline load) at 100, and the Swifts about 2" low, with the windage "dead nuts".

41gr is about the middle of the road, and the general trend has been, that my rifle likes hotter loads, with most of the powders we've tried.
I'm hoping an increase in charge weight might bring the 165s up an inch or two, and tighten up the grouping.

I did some research, on the serial number, and markings on my rifle.
Turns out it's birthday is coming up. [Smile]

Early, in the year 1893, my rifle made it's way down the assembly line of the Loewe factory in Berlin, destined for the Argentine Calvary.

Soon, my rifle will be 115 years old. [Eek!]

Krusty

Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on December 28, 2007, 10:44 PM:

That has to be one of those 'If these walls could talk' type things.

Posted by Krustyklimber (Member # 72) on December 28, 2007, 11:14 PM:

Kokopelli,

Yeah, 19th century Berlin, to Argentina, likely to have gone to Guatemala next, or maybe through Bolivia to Cuba... to eventually find it's way to a 21st century Spokane pawn shop, and on into my hands.

Battles, and banditos, parades, and plinking, hunter and hunted... many, many, colorful stories.

It's got an old world feel, and a spirit, like a Spanish gentleman rancher (...it's not a "her").

In case you can't tell, I like it, very much. [Wink]

Krusty

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