Olde Eynesford Thread for this forum

[ian45662]

I was unable to pick up the powder. One of my pugs is having some serious medical issues. I did call and had it shipped. It will be here early next week. When I am able to shoot it I will give some chrony numbers and accuracy info.

[BFD]

Good luck with your pup. The powder will wait.

[ian45662]

Yes. She takes front a center of all my priorities at the moment.

[Coltsmoke]

I remember petting those dogs, I hope everything turns out O.K.

[ian45662]

They love the attention.

[ian45662]

Hoping to get out to the range this weekend to shoot a ladder test with the new lot of OE 1.5. Probably going to shoot tomorrow. I will post the numbers when I am done.

[ian45662]

This new lot I have seems to be very slow compared to the Swiss I have been shooting. Accuracy may be just as good though. More tests to come

[Kurt]

What is the lot number of that 1.5 ?

[ian45662]

E1-06/16AU04B

[ian45662]

I have some 10 shot strings made up for next weekend. I will post the results. Hopefully I will have something good enough to enter into the frostbite match.

[gunlaker]

E1-06/16AU04B

I imagine you'll like that lot. I have shot a bunch of it, and have a fresh case. It's the only batch of OE 1.5 that my .45-70 paper patch rifle seems to like. Of the OE 1.5 I've used, only the first ( I think a very early batch ) was faster than Swiss 1.5. The others are slower. Contrary to what some others have reported, in rifles Swiss still gives less fouling.

Chris.

[ian45662]

I use one of those Brent gophers to wipe with. I push one of those in the chamber and a dry flannel patch at the same time. To be honest with you the dry patch looks better with the OE than it does with the Swiss.

[ian45662]

To be totally honest the patches that were used with the OE don’t look like they have even been used.

[gunlaker]

That's interesting Ian. I usually use 2-3 wet patches and then a dry one. Sometimes I use the BACO wipers and in that case I see any real difference then.

The only patches that come out completely clean are the last wet one, and of course, the dry one.

Chris.