Chuck40219 wrote on Aug 20^th, 2018 at 7:07pm:


I went to the range on Thursday morning. Shot the Winchester 52 first. To windy for a good target. I think I was in to much of a hurry to shoot the 45-70.

First 45-70 cartridge hits a little high and to the left. Same sight settings I have been using for smokeless powder. Second shot lands 1/2 inch to the right of the first shot. Did not wipe between shots. Slip 3rd one in chamber no problem without wiping. All 10 shots without wiping, well from the 3rd through the 10th went all over the place. Ten shots without wiping can make for a hard to clean barrel. Won't be doing that again.

chuck40219 

First time to get out and shoot since my Aug 25 post.

Have added and changed some things.
#1 powder weight is still 65 gr of goex 2f, but instead of dumping it in the case and compressing it I used a beard trimmer to vibrate the case and powder, dropped the powder level down quite a bit before I put the card in the case. Very little compression now.
#2 Changed the front sight to a Lyman 17 AUG
#3 Changed rear sight to Lee Shaver Economy Model Mid Range.
#4 Wiped the bore after each shot, Target at bottom of post. First 3 rounds were low off target. Next 2 were high. Next 5 were in the black. Target was shot at 50 yds. Next outing I will try to tighten the group up before I move the target further out.

Loaded 10 cartridges with the 65 grn charge with the vibration.
With that stated on the last 3 rounds I noticed how sticky the base of my bullets were. On the 8,9,& 10 I wiped the bases off to the point that they were not sticky. In my reading here and other boards I have seen reference to a wax paper placed over the wad. How are the wax papers cut? Do you just take a casing and tap it to cut the paper or is there something I have missed.