Thread: Oldest active hunting rifle

Originally Posted by thatguy

@norsk it is in original .577/450

It’s probably my loads and shooting

My pet load for my Martini Henry's is: @thatguy

CBC case
60grn by volume 1.5 fg Swiss BP
Void in case filled with a peice of foam backer rod
Bullet seated right out in the case
Bullet cast stone hard ( cant mark it with thumbnail pressure)

Bonus with that load is that it will shoot to the sights at 100m.

The obscene hardness of the bullet means it grips the rifling better apparantly. If you jamb 80grns of swiss behind that bullet it will go clean through a railway sleeper.