Recent content by ACraig

Hello neighbor!!!

Thank you sir! It was a pleasure to meet you.

Sold, pending funds. If something changes, I'll repost. Thank you all. Adam

Thank you all very much! If Krish passes, which it sounds highly unlikely, I will let you all know..

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Here I am shooting this rifle a few years ago.

I don't post on here a ton, but I do read quite a bit. I bought this rifle with the intent on taking it to Africa. Instead I took a .375 H&H as I was WAY more proficient with that than the .505. I no longer have any immediate plans for the rifle. I've killed nothing but paper targets with...

I bought this rifle new through CZ / Three River's Custom Gun Shop several years ago. Selling to fund other projects. Included as follows: 189pc - Woodleigh 600gr PPSN 66pc - Barnes TSX 525gr 39pc - Hornady DGX SP 525gr 46pc - Cutting Edge Solids 525gr 89pc - NEW Jamison Brass Custom...

Interestingly enough, as I was pushing the bullet down the bore, it became very easy once I neared the chamber, but still several inches up the barrel from the chamber. That tells me that where the bullet is initially engraving into the bore, it's fairly oversized. That's probably why this...

The barrel slugged at .506 - .507".

Much obliged, good Sir!

I've not fired factory loads in this, and at $15/pop, I doubt I will anytime soon. And yes, I'm using Large Rifle Magnum primers. Interestingly, I've read some anecdotal evidence of "slow" .505's due to having oversized barrels, .507-.508". I haven't slugged the bore yet, but I may do that...

Well, now I have two correct chronographs :Banghead: :LOL: I corroborated my original numbers with a new chronograph, and both are reading the same. I guess I've got more work to do!! AC :W Cal 50:

Barnes lists RL22 with the 525 TSX, 125.5gr - 133gr, for a max velocity of 2223fps. I know there's not a direct substitution using powder burn rate charts, but H4831 looks to be very similar, if not a touch faster than RL22. Basing a theoretical max of 130gr (conservative) of H4831, reduce 10%...

So far, it seems to me, two things are occurring. One, I've got a slow batch of H4831. Two, I've got a chronograph that's reading low. I've got a new chronograph on the way, that will definitely clear things up, I hope! Thank you for your input.