oneatatime wrote on Mar 7^th, 2018 at 3:08pm:


Brings back a bad old memory. My very 1st ever hit on a 500M ram moved the ram but did not knock it over . Load was a 0.410" 400gr Lyman Snover at 1230fps muzzle. Same load never again failed to knock down a hit ram. Nor did a 410 gr Money bullet at a lower muzzle velocity.

Over several years shooting 200M rams (same nominal 25kg rams as std for 500M) a 44-40 load of original 205grain bullet at 1300fps muzzle knocked down nearly every ram hit, failures were low center hits.

[quote author=3B3D3A2D3B20273C480  =1520111290/32#32 date=1520464451]Sometimes dead center is the worst place to hit a Ram.
That's why I usually try to hit them around the edges.


Steve    [/quote]

Some of us aim for center and are quite happy when bullet hits ram somewhere. But, sometime we get it right and hit inert ram in center.

gunlaker wrote on Mar 7^th, 2018 at 8:48pm:


Turkeys are great rotating targets!! I have rotated a few myself, both in BPCR and shorter range silhouettes. Now and then a chicken too.

Yes the Rolling Block will work very well with the .40-65 cartridge.

I shoot 52.7 grains of Swiss FFFg (compressed .230") with a 410 grain bullet in a 16:1 twist barrel at 1250 fps and have no problem hitting a 880 yard target. All grease grooves are still inside the case.

You could also purchase a Swedish 8x58R Rolling Block since it has the circular extractor (more efficient than straight extractors) that is perfect for .40-65 or .45-70 cases heads.

I would reduce the trigger pull by replacing the flat trigger spring with a .045" diameter piano wire spring.

If you are mainly hunting I would select a Montana Vintage Arms #131 Sporting Vernier Tang sight with a Remington Base.
A setting of about 47 for 100 yards and about 58 for 200 yards with the 1250 fps BP load with a MVA #111 Plain Globe Sight.

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For hunting you want a flat nosed bullet and the Buffalo Arms JIM409400 400 grain FN bullet mould will work well for you.

Todd, 
Here is some results from my 40-65/ 16 twist HiWall
DSCF1535: group at 100 yds with my 373 gr PP bullet,
DSCF1526 pic of all my 40 cal bullets for my 40-72 and my 40-65
"Lodi800Y99" : 800yds group-99-3X in match with the 40-65 HiWall and my Elliptical Minigroove bullet 369 gr bullet at 1375fps.  the 30 shot match score was 4th overall that day
even tho I had two misses at 900(spotter missed wind)
beltfed/arnie

SSShooter wrote on Mar 8^th, 2018 at 8:41am:


Suggest you do full body search on your target setter, looking for small C-clamps. Joking, but, who knows?

beltfed wrote on Mar 8^th, 2018 at 2:55pm:


you have some very great groups!!!!

but i'm quite comfortable if it does 2-3" groups at 100 yards. MOA of deer's lungs is what i call it. 

i sold all of my "varmint" rifles expect one. the 20 vartarg. its a tc encore in MGM heavy factory barrel. it can shoot sub-1/4" at 100 yards(5 shots/benched). it ain't the fastest gun or the a long range gun, but i'll be danged, it is sure the "shootnest" gun i have .  1/2" group  at 100 yards with a sloppy handload is mostly what i use. 

but i will say, you have some very nice groups!!!