Darned if I didn't!! It's the 3 inch. I've tried Swiss, GOEX Ffg and Cartridge and Scheutzen and the lastly mentioned duplex load If my rifle is shooting apart with the 380 gr. bullet, isn't it likely to shoot even farther apart with the 440 grainer? 'Course one never knows til they try. I assume it's possible the heavier bullet would increase pressure and perhaps increasing velocity to bring the barrels together. I had pretty much convinced myself it was the Henry rifling and the softer cast bullets.
Mike, thank you for the data. I have a very good smokeless load, 60 grs. of IMR 3031 under the 380 gr. hard cast bullet and foam filler. As with you, the GG bullet worked so well with the smokeless load I didn't even try patching. I'm truly desirious of a BP load for the rifle as it pre-dates smokeless.
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