Mike, those guns must be real beauties! Have you ever had a problem at the chamber end with the fit of those cartridges with the cast lead bullets? I'm very tempted to try a bunch of 300 gr bullets, maybe even get the mould you suggested earlier, (or one like it) if I lucked out.
After all, I do have a target from the last owner showing that nice 50 yd target, and he gave me the load he'd found for the best regulation. Maybe I'd be foolish to bother doing everything he already did! On one hand I'd learn a lot, on the other I could just enjoy a lot more time to shoot the thing!