so what's new

[bruce moulds]

from sharps rifle co advice on using the long range 1878 creedmoor rifle.
"therefore make uniformity your maxim!
uniform loading of cartridge, uniform treatment of rifle, and uniform holding will give uniform shooting!"
treatment of rifle refers to cleaning the barrel to give a uniform barrel condition from shot to shot, a subject they address in great detail prior to the quote.
"always keep a minute record of your shooting, whether practice or matches, giving distance shot over,elevation and wind gauge used, direction of wind, your estimate of its strength, temperature, state of atmosphere, moist or dry etc. etc. this will in time become an invaluable record."
they recommended the use of "apothecaries" scales for weighing powder.
if a case would not fill to the same height with a powder charge as others, after droptubing and tapping, the advice was to "reject that shell".
there were obviously hotrodders around then as now.
they recommended the use of "the best fg grade . stronger powder can be used, but is liable to be destructiveto cartridge shells , and we think gives no better results".
what has changed since 1878?
keep safe,
bruce.

[RAVEN]

No Buffalo

[Seddo]

its not PC to shoot Indians anymore either!!

[bruce moulds]

hunting and indian ammo did not require weighed charges, and they often shot those targets with dirty barrels.
the comments above relate to target rifle shooting at 800, 900, and 1000 yards, often against the poms who had their azzes wopped time and time again.
the pommy guns and shooters were no match for the sharps and remingtons piloted by the americans.
that alone is enough to make a grown man sigh.
funnily enough, the poms still dont have a gun that can match the american equipment.
this shooting, which began at creedmoor near new york, became the palma matches, which then became the pinnacle of modern international fclass.
some of the original creedmoor trophies are now presented at camp perry, including the leech and wimbledon cups at one time won by nancy tompkins and her then young daughter, i think, michelle gallagher in the same year. how wonderful that must have been for them.
keep safe,
bruce.