steve, I'm sorry that I know of no other reason than "fashion" for that style of trigger guard. Maybe for gloved hands? I always thought they were rather ugly but it's grown on me and I like them now. From what little I know that style is always a sign of Germanic heritage.
Busche, it's a duplex load. I led with the 5 grs. of SR4759, (not IMR), and drop-tubed the Ffg. topped off by a .025 card wad, (tablet backing). I've used GOEX CTG., regular GOEX and Scheutzen and all have the printed the same, I assume because of the duplex load. It also shoots very clean, no doubt because of the small charge of smokeless. The bullet is a grease groove Lyman # 446110 lubed with SPG. I know I chronoed that load, and others, but I seem to have misplaced my records in one of 3 moves during the last 12 years. I'm just certain they ran between 1350 and 1400 but things are a mite foggy. I never tried any smokeless for black loads as I had no data at the time. Your double is a lot newer than mine and nitro proofed. I hope and would think your loading and regulation will be a lot easier than mine was. Your rifle just HAS to shoot!!!! What a beauty.
I really like the RCBS grease groove bullet of about 380 grs., it has a nice, wide meplat, but I couldn't get it close to regulation and it really shook the old rifle. Matter of fact, that's a loaded 43 Mauser cartridge sticking out from under the rifle near the forearm lever and the Lyman bullet.
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