I have a Martini schuetzen in 8.15x46R with a 1:10 (or slighty faster) twist and nice, deep rifling.  It also has about a 3/4" long throat ahead of the case in the chamber.

I've been shooting the Buffalo Arms 180 gr ring-stop bullet.  It shoots okay but I think it might do a lot better if the bullet reached up more closely to the rifling and  I'm curious how heavy a bullet could be stabilized in this barrel.

Has anyone played around with bullets above 200 gr in a 1:10 twist barrel?

A 1:10 twist seems like it would be quite tight for the 8.15x46. Is that the norm? In any event, based on both the Greenhill formula and practice in shooting 220 grs cast bullets at about 1600 fps from 1:10 twist Krag barrels, that weight/length and twist rate should stabilize easily.

What kind of accuracy are you guys getting? And expecting? I have found the stock configuration of a Schützen syle rifle, when shooting off the bench, is a far greater negative towards accuracy/ precision than the bullet. 

I have all but given up shooting one scoped at 200 yards off the bench. That was the primary reason I grabbed a Miller rifle in 8.15.

I have been shooting a 165 bullet, but yesterday I took four 8.15s to the range and tried that 180gr BACO bullet at 100. Was pleased enough to order a mould. As I expected, the 2 Stalking type rifles I fired faired better than the Schützen rifles at 100 off the bench, even though they were half the weight with much lighter barrels.

Has anyone tried breech seating with a 8.15? I have a mould for a bullet without a stop ring that came with a rifle, but haven't experimented with it yet.

Smoke,
I have an Anschutz Schuetzen in 8.15X46R.  Martini style action.  It has a 1:14 twist. My luck with SR bullets was not impressive so I had Accurate Molds make up on to fit the groove diameter.  It is Catalog # 31-170L.  Casting with 20:1 alloy they weigh about 180 gr.  The bullet length is 0.958" and I seat them with 0.665" extending out of the case. This jumps the long throat and the front band just "kisses" the rifling.
I've had very good performance out to 200 yards.
Mike. 

JägerWilhelm wrote on Jul 1^st, 2020 at 8:29pm:


My Anschutz is from the same year of manufacture.  I'd be interested to see the features of yours.  At the present, I'm shooting the original peep sights.  I'm hoping a Soule sight I'm having made will aid in accuracy.
Mike.

Sorry for getting off the subject, but how, when  shooting black powder, do/did the barrel get wiped 'twixt shots with a rear sight that doesn't fold down? Seems like it would be a real pain to remove every time one wanted to schmear the goop out of his barrel. Just curious, but it came to mind when looking at the rifle above. Nice one, CharleHunter.

calledflyer wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2020 at 10:35am:


Mine is Nitro Proofed, so no need for BP.
The rear sights do remove easily.  The Aydt action can likely be "wiped" with the sight removed.  The Martini action needs the breach block and rear sight both removed to get a rod down the barrel.  The breach block comes out easily by removing one pin. Still, all this removal would be a PITB so it's smokeless all the way 
Mike.

I am sure you folks will know a lot more about replacing the standard German front sight than I do. Here is an old nicely engraved/ carved "System Stahl" Martini which was originally a 9.5x47R, and was converted to 8.15 in 1924. Shot it last week for the first time and I really liked it. The ball on the front sight post basically covers the entire black of a SR1 target, but I was able to do well once I zeroed it for a 6 o'clock hold.

I would like to mount a globe sight, as I think it will perform rather well. Any suggestions or ideas?