Is there a BP BR match somewhere you fellers plan to shoot these BP 250s?  Will you have to persuade an organization to recognize your efforts? 
How will they be documented? 

Are the BP Schuetzen matches still happening at Raton? That's where Jack Odor shot his 247-7. Not listed anywhere as a record however.

        Joe.

gunlaker wrote on May 4^th, 2016 at 9:03am:

There was some serious effort shooing 1 MOA or under on a BP forum back about the turn of the century.  Nobody did it as far as I know.

Read it again, yes, was called the "Quart of Blood" match.

I think to have a BP 250 recognized, a category for it must be established with some organization. 

         Joe.

On page 63 under match scores. "Iron Sight Benchrest (10 shots, 200 yards)"

Jack Odor 247-7C

Steve Garbe 243-4C

Larry Kearns 238-2C

Shows it as a separate 10 shot match.

Scores indicate the Quart of Blood match was string measure.

     Joe.

Optics?

    





            Joe.

gunlaker wrote on May 4^th, 2016 at 4:17pm:


Would that be stock, caliber, twist and bullet style too?

It is getting tough to really do what "they" did 

When I was shooting LR at Raton, I had a strap on top the barrel for mirage.  They said that might not be traditional.  Traditional? You say traditional?    They were shooting prone with a rest, 12 and 13# rifles, set triggers, Soule sights were becoming popular....... The only thing traditional was the smoke 

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Good point, Bob.

Recreating the "Golden Age"  (not Golden, CO) accuracy results, can be a very large can of worms.

To my knowlege, there are no certified "real" BP. I think even the GOEX (Dupont formula) was the Blasting Powder formula. All the fancy new BP's, I don't believe you could by back then and how accurately they might be formulated to the available BP's at that time.......... who knows.

Before this lastest BP cartridge kick, duplex loads were readily excepted at matches, at least on the West coast. Duplex was a well established loading method during the "Golden Years". 

To make it even, the loads should fit the criteria of the BP only rifles and loads. No spitzers, not even what I would call simi-spitzers. In other words, short ogive and large meplats, such as the Hudson and Pope molds that I've seen. 

Spitzers didn't come until duplexing was well establish and the only one that I know of is the 319323 (French).

Records that are trying to beat or duplicated should also be done with the same twist as was used to set a record.

There is a LOT to be considered here or just leave the BP to what was available before 1917 and that includes duplex loading.

Frank