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38-70 High Wall Range day
Oct 22nd, 2026 at 9:47pm
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Some promising results with breech seating.  BP was a bust. 
  
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Re: 38-70 High Wall Range day
Reply #1 - Oct 22nd, 2026 at 11:38pm
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Jack, as they say "it never happened w/o pictures Smiley
  
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Then it's a good thing I burned the targets.  The BP load had a horrendous velocity spread and a 12"+ verticle group.
  
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Re: 38-70 High Wall Range day
Reply #3 - yesterday at 5:30am
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Something that might help with straight BP is 2 1/2 Rem primers.

That's what all the slug gun shooter used was either 1 1/2 or 2 1/2 primers. 

You could always try duplexing too. 7 - 10 gr of 4759. 4759 also likes 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 primers.
  
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Reply #4 - yesterday at 1:15pm
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I have had good luck with CCI 200 primers and BP. I am going to cut back in my powder charge a bit as I was getting some shots close to 1350 fps. Going to try another bullet if I can get it to fit.
  
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Re: 38-70 High Wall Range day
Reply #5 - yesterday at 4:49pm
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Best I did with my .38-50 Remington Hepburn was six Chickens.
Never verified its group size on paper.
Used Rem 9 1/2 M primers over 50 grains Swiss FFFg with a newspaper wad inside over flash channel with a 310 grain Money bullet.
Yes she would knock over Rams but very slowly.
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