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BPCR For long ranges
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<blockquote data-quote="RMulhern" data-source="post: 187244" data-attributes="member: 999"><p>J E CUSTOM</p><p></p><p>I find it hard to believe that if you're shooting an elongated bullet such as what we shoot in BPCR competition out to 1000 yards that your projectile is stable; especially if you're shooting a bullet akin to the Postell or one of the bullets of around 550 grs. weight and running around 1.437" in length!! Normally...most shooters shooting comp at long range use a 1-18" ROT if shooting say a .45 caliber and in some instances a 1-16" ROT! The objective is to obtain nice and round holes through the target paper and historically a rifle with 1-48" ROT is good for nothing but ROUND BALL stuff! With a 1-48" ROT....you'd certainly need to have the bullet/projectile moving out at around 2500 fps or better for maintenance of stability and I doubt that's gonna happen!</p><p></p><p>Oh...as to the .45/70 being used with SP vs BP and not doing to well.....that's baloney! Several matches this past season held up in Wyoming/Montana way were WON with a .45/70 caliber shooting what??????......BLACKPOWDER!! Velocities were running somewhere around 1120 to 1200 fps or maybe just a tat over 1200 fps in a couple of instances! For these old straight-walled cases......nothing beats BP and smokeless powder WILL NOT deliver the SDs that can be obained with BLACKPOWDER!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RMulhern, post: 187244, member: 999"] J E CUSTOM I find it hard to believe that if you're shooting an elongated bullet such as what we shoot in BPCR competition out to 1000 yards that your projectile is stable; especially if you're shooting a bullet akin to the Postell or one of the bullets of around 550 grs. weight and running around 1.437" in length!! Normally...most shooters shooting comp at long range use a 1-18" ROT if shooting say a .45 caliber and in some instances a 1-16" ROT! The objective is to obtain nice and round holes through the target paper and historically a rifle with 1-48" ROT is good for nothing but ROUND BALL stuff! With a 1-48" ROT....you'd certainly need to have the bullet/projectile moving out at around 2500 fps or better for maintenance of stability and I doubt that's gonna happen! Oh...as to the .45/70 being used with SP vs BP and not doing to well.....that's baloney! Several matches this past season held up in Wyoming/Montana way were WON with a .45/70 caliber shooting what??????......BLACKPOWDER!! Velocities were running somewhere around 1120 to 1200 fps or maybe just a tat over 1200 fps in a couple of instances! For these old straight-walled cases......nothing beats BP and smokeless powder WILL NOT deliver the SDs that can be obained with BLACKPOWDER!! [/QUOTE]
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