So the 32-20 barrel is on the 44 1/2 now and is ready for load testing pending the arrival of a new firing pin. I have 200 rounds loaded for the 32-20 and 100 rounds for the 25-35. 100 of the 32-20 rounds have gas checked bullets (Accurate 31-125NG) and 100 are plain base (Accurate 31-125M). The BRC choked 32-20 barrel is a 16 twist so I am trying slightly heavier than normal 32-20 bullets. Also as an experiment I am trying SR primers for the GC bullet loads and SP primers for the PB loads. The loads are for the most part close brackets of the best looking loads I was able to shoot before I turned the action over to my smith for fitting the 25-35 barrel (and adding the scope mounts to both barrels). Powders being tested are 4759, AA5, 4227, Reloader 7, 1680 and 5744 in the SR/GC loads and AA5, 2400, 4227, 4759 and 5744 in the SP/PB loads. As for the 25-35, these will be the first tests with lead bullets. 70 of the 25-35 rounds are gas checked (Lyman 257325 115 grains lubed) and the rest are with a MOS plain base straight bullet.  Powders on trial are H108, 5744 4198, Unique, 4227 and, from a member's suggestion and because I have a lot of it, 800-X. Winners: to be announced.

It is a 10 twist.

Westerner, especially since he might be a FOP.

Chuck used to post a target with the blank side out and load it up with targ dots. I've seen him put hundreds of shots on one piece of paper. I always considered that practicing. 

Now days I do most of my load developement on targets in matches. I've become a tightwad in my OA. All out of Fs here as well, lol.

I went to the range yesterday. It wasn't the best day but it was above freezing and the wind was only about 12 mph or so coming from my left shoulder and twitching about 45 degrees back. But, I was anxious to get the shooting going;-) So anxious, in fact, that I failed to notice, until I was cleaning the rifle afterwards and lifted the tang sight (for which I had made a nifty leather cover) off the comb, that I had removed the top tang screw to touch up the blue and not replaced it. Ergo, the stock was held only by the lower tang screw into the pistol grip. So I set up the chrony and fired off the 200 (almost) rounds at 100 yards with some interesting results. First I shot the loads that had gas checked bullets and small rifle primers. The star was AA5. The SDs for the 3 loads were 8, 5, and 6. No other loads I fired had single digit SDs (including the AA5 loads with small pistol primers). Next go round I will try to tweak the best AA5 load plus or minus .2 grain. I will also do a little more testing with 1680. Now, the plain base small pistol primer loads were not as exciting and the next go round with them will be with 2400 and 5744. I have a lot of AA5 so I'm happy with that. I'm also refining my bench rest technique as I go and I feel better about that and of course I will have the stock firmly attached..

So a 32-20 will shoot well at 100 yds. Have dies,brass and lyman's 311316 which is a gas checked bullet and some 32-20 jacketed bullets. But no 32-20 to shoot. Going to check out the BRC website and see what twists they have for the 32-20. Have a BSA 22rf thick walled 12/15 which I am seriously thinking getting either relined with a TJ's liner but faster twist or rebarreled. Will following your 32-20 post with interest. Frank

Oneatatime, Thanks for the heads up regarding the 1x16 twist from BRC barrels. Local newspaper used to advertise that they had left over rolls when they printed newspapers. Usually just about $5 for a good sized roll. What I have left will probably last until they shovel the dirt over me. Check your local papers as they may have some left. Funny story, as you can guess,setting up the concrete floor for a printing press is no easy thing. Massive weights,vibration and stability and alignment all have to be taken into consideration. So floors are usually cast of a dense, high strength concrete and none of this 4" thick sidewalk stuff. In this case over 2" thick with rebar. Contractor shows up and starts with the jackhammer. After about a half hour he's wondering why nothing is happening. Site engineer shows up and tells the guy the specs they used when the original concrete was poured. And your jackhammer ain't gonna do it. Gets one of these cranes with the wrecking ball. Up goes the ball about 75' and free spool down. Whump just a little dent. This goes on all day with little progress. Guy had no idea what he was bidding on. So they call another contractor who used to bust up airport runways for a living. He starts up and concrete is being busted up like no one;s business. Took him 3 weeks to break it up into chunks, then about two weeks to load the chuncks into 40' dumpsters. Nothing left but grassy fields. The second guy had all the heavy equipment and a crew who knew what to do with it. Frank

If you can find it . Try some HS-6 . After trying many different powders in my Uberti 1885 32-20, I found this to work best in my rifle. 5.2 gr. with 115 gr bullet.