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    Posted: April 27 2010 at 1:21am
I brought my Longbranch out and blasted a few rounds off at the local shooting range, I brought along some handloaded ammo to check for accuracy and velocity.
The bullets were Sierra 174 grain, they clocked in at 2582 fps. Big smile 
I was expecting speeds of about 2400 fps.
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How much, and what kind of powder are you using?
 
I've gotten 35fps 'extra' from RL15.
No4 MkI*, Savage 1943,
FTR (F) 1954 Mk1/3
No4 Mk2 ROF(F) 5/50
No2A1 RFI 1966
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