Douglas XX likes the 270 MH

[elkman1310]

Well I finally got some Parkers. I stayed with the same 73 gr load of IMR 4198 its be working well. The 270 went down the barrel great on a clean barrel without sizing #2 was tight but went down. The first shot out of a clean barrel went dead center. This barrel has been excellent for not throwing shots on a clean barrel.
second shot touched the first one at 100 yards. Don't over look a Douglas barrel for a muzzle loader build. I shot Krieger's on all my 1000 yard guns . But this Douglas is very smooth and uniform from one end to the other.

Since it showed me the load was going to shot I dialed 8.5 moa up on my scope and shot #3 at a metal gong at 415 yards. I hit the gong almost dead center. This is a turkey size gong for Silhouette. So its not all that big.
#4 also hit center mass. Parker says the B.C. is .372 at 2850fps. I believe that is pretty close. there a lot of variables when you factor in bullet drop. The Hornady Bal chart called for 8.0 moa at 400 Yrds so I would say its works out to .372 BC.

The bullets went down the barrel to hard once the barrel was fired so I came home an sized them down to .45025 this gave a good snug fit. I don't plan on cleaning the barrel now till after hunting season. I installed a new vent liner and a brass washer ahead of my breech plug. the S/S 8MM washers are working good I want to see how long a new vent liner and brass washer will last. The brass may seal a little better because it has some crush to it when you tighten the plug. This old vent liner had opened up to .036 and it still was shooting good so I don't know how far I can go with my plug and a 215 mag primer. It may like a larger hole .

My next test will be at ranges out to 800 yards. we have some metal swingers at our 1000 yard range. I don't think the 270 will be a good bullet at 1000 yards I told Bob Parker that I might try a few at 1000 if they showed accuracy at the shorter ranges. He felt the 300 MH or 325MH would work better I believe he is right about that.

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That's awesome, been thinking about the 270 mh still playing with other ideas though, great report!

[elkman1310]

This should make a great long rang hunting bullet. To bad they a so expensive. If your not going shoot past 300 yards this bullet is not needed. I built this 45cal as a bench rest rifle so I need the high B.C. Parkers. You got to pay to play.

[rangeball]

My Douglas .50 is dead spot on spec and shoots lights out.

[elkman1310]

I believe all the barrels makers have stepped up the game. If not they go out of business. My buddy won a new Douglas barrel last year at the World Open. The Douglas Rep told him they would send him the best barrel they could make. He got that barrel about two months ago.It's a 30cal 1-10. We bore scoped it before we chambered it. It looked pretty nasty compared to a Krieger or Bartlien. But we chambered it in 300 WSM and it has been a real shooter for 9 out of 10 shots at 1000 yards.No matter what brand barrel you use you always seem to loose one or two shots it's just the nature of the game when your shooting long distance. As long the barrel is dimensionally correct it will shoot. But a rough barrel will tend to foul out quicker.

[jims]

I got a rifle from bestill with a Douglas barrel and as indicated it is quite uniform in size.