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Bey 
OST of the sketches herein will 
M recall our ancient friends the 
Scheutzen rifle users (fashion- 
able name now, Free rifle). 
The same hard-holding traits of our 
dads are now to be found in those who 
go out to defend the Argentine Cup at 
300 meters. The only change is in the 
higher velocity loads driving metal- 
case bullets, where our dads molded 
their own cast bullets. 
Lately, one of our ammunition fac- 
tories found out that light, high-veloc- 
ity bullets were accurate. This seems 
strange, inasmuch as they were used 
at the Walnut Hill matches to win real 
money when ‘the old off-hand game was 
in vogue twenty years ago. 
Just to test a theory and also to 
keep up with cranks in general, I made 
up some real high-velocity loads, as 
follows: 
A Winchester .22 W. C. F. barrel of 
nickel-steel, with a .227 groove diameter 
on a Stevens action, was used as a 
working basis. After chambering on 

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tight chamber reamed neck principle, 
I throated the barrel by reaming with 
a taper pin reamer to the bottom of 
the groove, then reamed a swaige in 
the same way and lapped both jobs 
with flour emery. I made the punch 
the same’ taper (% inch per foot) to 
drive a Savage .22 H. P. bullet in place 
where the base measures .228, “front 
end .221,” or bore size; thus there is a 
mechanical seat of bullet but no jump. 
The bullet seats in the shell 3/32 inch. 
This shell is 32.40, necked down to .22, 
and is larger than the Savage cartridge 
over all, but due to the tight chamber, 
won’t use any more powder. My load 
is 24 grains No. 18 Dupont, which 
shows blue marks of melting lead. In 
target shooting, 300 meter trials, sev- 
eral bullets failed to last till the target 
was reached, and I had to drop back 
to 25 grains powder of latest Dupont 
log for sale by dealers. 
The Maun bullet melts in the air with 
24 grains of No. 18 powder. The Sav- 
age bullet melts with 27 grains; either 
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1—Pope type of tapered 
bullet, usually seated down 
from muzzle, but very ac- 
curate with senvi-smokeless 
powder. When seated from 
breech ahead of shell, 
metal cased bullets should 
be tapered and some makes 
now are, 

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Bore Size reamed 
Henry Pat. Riflingroused 
Seven Jrooves, Flat bottom. 
4—Ewropean standard tar- 
gct bullet known as 8.15 
x46 mm. It is shot from 
315” groove size barrel. 
Bullet is seated in shell 
same size as our 32.40 
shell. Gives fine accuracy, 
as shell isw’t crimped on to 
bullet base, 


5—32-40 shell necked to 

2—Bullet seated in shell, Pope used eight,, 22 caliber. 60 grains —— 
used by factories, not abso- Stevens six,of this form, base. band, ~ametdi” case, 
lutely accurate, but only reamed shell mouth, very 
way, to load for repeating accurate. Band cuts of 
rifles. gas escape and erosion, 
Bullet upsets. 
7—Military barrels usually 
8—Bore size bullet seated are cut swith round bottom 6—Hudson bullet which 
on top of lands ahead of grooves, known as concen- created a sensation with its 
shell. Soft bullets give tric, with different numbers accuracy when seated 
fine accuracy with bullet of grooves and many forms ahead of shell full of 
seated in bore, black pow- of lands, some have the smokeless. Bullet temper 
der in 82.40 calibers or gain twist. European arms 1 sto 15: It fits throated 
larger. Dr. Mann advo- have deeper grooves than barrels very snugly. Front 
cated this method. ours. 
Tt will identify you. 
bands ride on top of lands. 
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