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Extreme Long Range Hunting & Shooting (ELR)
338 or 375 EnABELR or alternative cartridge for ELR hunting
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<blockquote data-quote="yobuck" data-source="post: 2810122" data-attributes="member: 12443"><p>Years back Dan Lilja of Lilja barrels did a test on barrel length and velocity.</p><p>Seems to me he started out with a 40" barrel, and shortened it as he went along with the test.</p><p>They might be a source for a barrel that long, and should also have some input on the value of it.</p><p>For sure you need one long enough to burn all the powder, but then there are so many different powders today.</p><p>But that also dosent mean that the very old powder is no longer usefull.</p><p>Again, years ago say 50, Howard Wolfe was building 30x378s on his actions and using 36" barrels. But he wouldnt build you a gun unless you had H570 powder to use in it.</p><p>It was a WW2 surplus powder, and not very easy to locate due to people hoarding it.</p><p>When Bruce Baer built my rifle he told me to load the 300 gr Sierra to an oal of 4". and he told me where to start with BMG 50 powder.</p><p>Later he asked me how much H570 i still had, and he then said dont be afraid to use that, because thats what im using in mine.</p><p> So there you go, were talking about powder thats at least 75 years old.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yobuck, post: 2810122, member: 12443"] Years back Dan Lilja of Lilja barrels did a test on barrel length and velocity. Seems to me he started out with a 40” barrel, and shortened it as he went along with the test. They might be a source for a barrel that long, and should also have some input on the value of it. For sure you need one long enough to burn all the powder, but then there are so many different powders today. But that also dosent mean that the very old powder is no longer usefull. Again, years ago say 50, Howard Wolfe was building 30x378s on his actions and using 36” barrels. But he wouldnt build you a gun unless you had H570 powder to use in it. It was a WW2 surplus powder, and not very easy to locate due to people hoarding it. When Bruce Baer built my rifle he told me to load the 300 gr Sierra to an oal of 4”. and he told me where to start with BMG 50 powder. Later he asked me how much H570 i still had, and he then said dont be afraid to use that, because thats what im using in mine. So there you go, were talking about powder thats at least 75 years old. [/QUOTE]
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