took the  guedes M1885 
out of the dark ,and reloaded for it :
23gns vhita N110 with a few grains of dacron fluf  ,
cases made out of  .348 win,
lead bullets out of a rapine  double mould ,245 gns sized to .325,  gas checked   and greased in  good old saeco 
rifle hits a pistol silhouette taget at 100m in a 10cm group of 7 hits
POA 15 cm  right of center and  40 cm under target center
PS.
this  rifle belonged  to sgt Woollam army ordenance corps as marked on the barrel, 
he took part on the Nile expedition 1898
battle of Khartoum ,Atbara and Omdurman (Sudan campaign)final action on 2/9/98 
sgt Woollam and seven  other nco's   were presented  the silver medal for distinguised service and gallantry by Queen Victoria on the 14/1/1899 at Osborn, as written in the Liverpool Mercury 14/1/1899 he was also mentioned in the Edinburgh gazette of 18th nov.1898
the rifle was a souvenir of his south african duty 
greetings from over the pond 
jarmann

 

I love it when you can get the old guns shooting. Good luck .

when you go to www.old- merseytimes.co uk /Miscmilitary.html
you find 12 pages of information on page 7 the report of the liverpool mercury 14/1/1899
when you go to " (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) /britishguide/sudan/despatches " 
you find 19 pages full report of the nile expedition 1898
enjoy 
greetings from flanders 
jarmann