Today only 5 months later than my last post, I took it to a silhouette match for the first time even though I didn't have any sight settings for the animals. I had the 311291s for 50 and 100 meters and 311332s for 150 and 200 meters. The fluorescent paint on the slimmed front post worked great and allowed the top of the post to be separated from the black bellies of the animals. Practice time allowed just enough time to get rough settings on the old Lyman 2a for the animals and figured to refine them as the match went on. Finished with only 27 animals but got some refined settings including moving the front sight over a bit. I really liked shooting it and hope to do better next time.

I have a HW in 30/40 Imp. It's also been throated and I have only shot it BSed with cast but, I also have a Krag with a Redfield #70, rear sight and the original front post.

I only tried one bullet in it, the 311413, using 4759. I tested loads from 18.5 - 20.0 and the 18.5 gr load gave me the best accuracy at 1.5", 5 shot group @ 100.

While I wouldn't recommend the 311413 bullet, I would recommend the older 311299 or the newer 314299. They both will cast ~.313 in 20/1. The new 311299 might also work, if the nose is at least .301. The 18.5 gr charge should work with that bullet, too and of coarse, use Rem 2 1/2 primers

Also, as a help to a aiming point, this is what I use, with the sight set about 3" high on a 6 o'clock hold. You can fold the bottom "V" to any width point that you want and fold, either on the 8.5 or 11" width. I fold it and staple on a clean backer, to get sighted in. 

Frank

Here we are almost 2 years later and I'm still playing with it. I found a 311284 mold that Hiwall55 liked and initial results were not great. The bullet is so long and blunt and my rifle's throat so tight that I had to seat the bullet with the nominal crimp groove way down in the neck. I had loaded some rounds with SR4759 and Hiwall55's choice H4198 and the day I picked to shoot was so nasty that I didn't get around to shooting the H4198 loads and the SR4759 ones were not great. So not great, in fact, that I put the mold up for sale here. Fortunately no one wanted it. After a while said I would put it on the Bay. Well, again fortunately, I never got around to it. Why fortunately? Today I took some loads to the range with a new bullet I had cast and half the box had the H4198 loads with 311284 that I didn't shoot last time. I was shooting at 100 yards with the old Lyman #2 tang and a post front. After shooting the new ones with reasonably encouraging results I thought I might as well shoot the 311284 loads with the H4198 to clear the brass. The loads were 19.5, 20.0, 20.5 and 21 grains. 19.5 wasn't too bad, 20.0 was better, 20.5 was getting very interesting at around 1.5 inches and 21 was, well, here's the target. That's .8 inches for the 5 and I came home and deleted the for sale ad on the mold.

That's how my Shiloh shoots that bullet. last month at a buffalo Shoot we went 15 chickens straight at 300 yards off the bench.

oneatatime. great Rifle. That is only the second Hi Wall I have seen fitted into a one pc stock. The first was a Hi Wall from N.H. and it was a Anschuts 1413 stock that had been reworked to accept the Single Shot action. Guy did well 
but fellow with a 30-40 Krag on a British Martini by Creihton Audette just plain smoked him and also the rest of the line. Regards FITZ OLD TUCK

Greg, it's weird. The sides of the action are smooth now but the scallops may have been removed. The top tang is cut 1.75 inches aft the action shoulders and the lower tang .5 inch past the shoulders. The Lyman tang sight is cut off and the remaining tail of it you can see past the rear screw covers a large wood screw. It appears that the shoulders of the action inletted into the stock get the recoil. You can read about the stocker, Farr, in the Landis book and you can see the 1940's touches to the stock. I've never had it out of the stock. The way it shoots, I'm afraid to disturb anything;-) I should add a top and bottom pic.

Greg, I think that is what he did. This was obviously his hunting rifle and he didn't go to the lengths he did with his target rifles but it all worked out. It looks like the stock is made so that the action/barrel just drops in.