Mostly .45-70, but also .45-90 and .45-100. Most Schuetzen is benchrest these days, but there are always a couple offhand events. Most of my guns are BPCR legal, so no Swiss plates. I have a .38-55 Borchard in a Helm configuration, so that one has a hooked buttplate, which is very difficult to shoot off bench of course.
The .40s really are .400/.408 most of the time. .45s are .450/.458. Calling them by their groove diameters seems odd since at least I use land diameter bullets.
It is VERY rare to see a .40 at a long-range match. .38s, maybe one time I have seen one. I have a .38-72, which I would never use for long range.
You just aren't very familiar with long and midrange competition apparently. .40s only make a sizable dent in BPCR and then, it is still is second fiddle to .45s. .38s are way down the list at BPCR. Only one person has notable success with a.38-50 and that's Moritz. He has won the Championship twice or three times with it, but no one else can crack the top ten.
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