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Post by jellybelly on Aug 20, 2014 7:07:33 GMT -5
The type of hunting that you do should play into which type of gun you choose. If you ride your atv or truck to a shooting house it doesn't make a difference. If you walk a long ways it will. That being said from my personal experiences. My first sml was Savage mlii that i rebarreled with a MCGowen .45 that shoot great. I ended up spending apx 800.00+ the cost of the savage as I said before it shot great and you could load Parkers unsized. The problem that I had with this set up that no body talks about is the guns weight. I hated carrying and handling it on stand. So I sold it and started over after more reading and studyin I chose a Apex over the HR because of looks and the trigger. As far as sizing I have to size every thing I shoot sabot less. The bottom line is I now have a lighter easy handling sml that shoots sub moa. I have 650.00 in this gun convereted. Btw Slufoot is ta man on the brake open guns and very fast turn around.
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Post by edge on Aug 20, 2014 7:26:34 GMT -5
IMO, most break open standard barrels do not have a lot of meat in them and would probably tend to keep pressures on the lower end. I have a H&R that I converted and it has a very short plug. The powder still ends up much further down the barrel than when using it as a centerfire. Let's say you use a standard Savage BP in a 45-70 rifle, then your powder starts at about the same position as where the base of the bullet would be in the cartridge. This probably puts your highest pressure past the radius/transition to the smaller barrel diameter. I am not saying it is dangerous, but if you are a belt and suspenders person like I am then you will not want to overly stress the barrel edge.
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Post by jellybelly on Aug 20, 2014 8:51:33 GMT -5
I should have said that I only load up to 62gr max with th Apex because of barrel thickness.
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