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Old 04-30-2018, 05:14 PM
Ivan the Butcher Ivan the Butcher is offline
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I Have not used that combo, but have loaded Schofield. I load for derringers and several short barreled revolvers. '

When the barrel length is 2+ inches, you need extra bearing surface to get the bullet spinning before it exits. The typical Schofield bullet is a 200 grain lead bullet recent production are flat nose cowboy action bullets Hodgdon powder has loading data for this bullet with powders they market. I recommend Winchester 231 and Trail Boss, but the Trail Boss charge must never be compressed! I don't remember ANY data for Schofield with Jacketed bullets. SOFT lead is the normal bullet at slow velocity!

Back to the derringer: what kind of groups did he get? 4" at 21 feet is considered very good! 2 shots from each barrel. (On a American Arms 357 Mag I had to use one 357 and one 38 to get anything close)
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