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Thanks Mike. I really like the Watson too! Probably once a month it comes out of the safe, and I think how lucky I am to have been able to acquire it. Pleasant to shoot, accurate, and plenty of gun for what I hunt.

Regards,
Chris

Just to possibly add a little more confusion I have a Jeffery barreled rifle that was proofed at the London Proof House with the under barrel proof stamps of 360 EX and Cordite 30 - 300 Max. Jeffery nicely spelled it all out on top of the barrel with 3 lines: 360 2 1/4 case; 30 grains Cordite; 300 grain bullet. As you might expect, shooting a 300 grain bullet with a 30 grains of Cordite equivalent load of Reloader 15 in a fairly light rifle does get your attention but it shoots to the sights. I use exactly the same brass as I use for my 9.3x57R (360) Husqvarnas.

Was the 9.3x57r ever factory loaded as a paper patched round?
Thanks Mike

Well, not Swedish, but going way back to the original 360 2 1/4, in 1873 Eley made coiled brass cases with paper patched bullets with a wooden nose plug. (Is this the source of - you plugged him;-)?) I have a Swedish write up (unfortunately in Swedish and technical things do not translate well with Google translate) that says there were 3 classes of loads. One was target loads with lead "spoked" (grooved?) bullets, another was "bird loads" with "smooth" bullets, and the third was game loads.

I have given up on the 208gr paper patch, it shoots 8” high at 100yrds. I have obtained a Lyman 366408 mold it cast 250gr. I am currently waiting on a .366 lube sizer die. I also obtained a 366408 hollow point mold. The little rifle only weighs 6lb, a joy to carry but a little tough on the shoulder.

Yamoon,
Isn't high shooting caused by either too slow and/or too heavy a bullet. Too slow means that the rifle has more recoil time and too heavy means that, for a given barrel time, the rifle recoils more.

851c,
That is a rule of thumb, but rifles sometimes do something else. When the "rule of thumb" doesn't work you have to try something else.
Mike

Ain't that the truth. You never know until you try.

off topic i guess, but Hoot, the OP of this thread, passed away last week. knew him from several forums, for about 26 years or more. a very fine gentleman ! very sad for me and other old timers.

Thank you for sharing that cable. Sad news.