Original Norwegian rolling block wins it!!!

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I was at the BC blackpowder cartridge silhouette shoot over the weekend in Heffley creek. On Friday we had an original rifle match, and I ended up winning it. The targets are chickens offhand at 200M, Pigs at 300M from cross sticks, Turkeys at 385M and rams at 500M. I'm super happy with how well the 155 year old roller did. There were Trapdoor Springfields and a .43 Spanish roller.

The caliber is 12.7x44R and the load was the Lee .510 450 gr bullet lubed with SPG, 65 gr Swiss 1.5 fg, .02 card, .03 poly wad and a Winchester LR primer. The old girl still shoots!!
 

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Congrats. In a sea of modern replicas it sure is nice to see a old roller at shoots..Rollers other than the original trigger return spring are great shooters
 
Thanks guys. I did a lot better than I expected. Those last 3 pigs in a row was a great boost. I still have to play around with the load, but so far it's going well. I may look at a lighter bullet too. Apparently the original bullet for the rifle was like 385 gr
 
Is anyone in your group experimenting with duplex loads? A small smokeless charge over the primer, then a paper wad, and a proportionally reduced blackpowder charge. The idea is to get the powder column burning hotter and earlier for less fouling.
 
gunlaker said:
You could but it wouldn't be allowed in the match.

Chris.
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The match committee sets the rules. That's their role. The idea of shooting exclusively black powder is based on opinions of safety. and trying to keep Darwin's Rules from getting applied. However, the DCRA accepted duplex loads for their international long range black powder matches 25 or 30 yrs ago. Rule 12.07 BP Ammunition of https://dcra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-DCRA-Rulebook.pdf Up to 20% smokeless under blackpowder.
 
Hey what an xlnt looking layout for a range .

Where is it , before or after Heffley cr. ?

What s the rifle range liike ? length ?

Oh yea xlnt shooting .
...,.skwerl
 
maple_leaf_eh said:
The match committee sets the rules. That's their role. The idea of shooting exclusively black powder is based on opinions of safety. and trying to keep Darwin's Rules from getting applied. However, the DCRA accepted duplex loads for their international long range black powder matches 25 or 30 yrs ago. Rule 12.07 BP Ammunition of https://dcra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-DCRA-Rulebook.pdf Up to 20% smokeless under blackpowder.
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This isn't a DCRA match. I actually didn't know that the DCRA was still allowing duplex. Interesting. I've never really messed with duplex.

Chris.
 
gunlaker said:
This isn't a DCRA match. I actually didn't know that the DCRA was still allowing duplex. Interesting. I've never really messed with duplex.

Chris.
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Read the rule book. They say it is to aid combustion, which makes sense with fouling during a long string. But, the rule says it is discretionary.
 
Hi Gratulation!
An information about your rolling block , its not an Norwegian roller but an Swedish one made on Carlsborg Tygstation (marked with an crovned cb on right side of the lock.
Fewer of these were produced compared to other Swedish models, so they are not very common. They appear to be of better quality than those from some of the other manufacturers. I have several Rolling Blocks in my collection that I use for competition, but only two from CB.
Here is a page with information about Norwegian and Swedish models:
https://svartkrutt.net/articles/vis.php?id=3
Regards,
Morten
NORWAY
 
Congrats , that sounds fun. I just picked up a Marlin Ballard falling block in 45 90 and I want to start doing long distance target shooting.
What are the rules or specs for what rifle you could shoot in that competition?
 
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