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Re: Rifle in .327 Federal

Post by Cofisher » Sat Jan 27, 2018 2:03 pm

Nicely done. And the rifle kitted out is great! I did not know Henry offered a fabric sling. Hmmm.
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Re: Rifle in .327 Federal

Post by docscott » Sun Jan 28, 2018 5:22 pm

More range testing.
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Re: Rifle in .327 Federal

Post by Flyfisher1028 » Thu Feb 01, 2018 12:33 am

Is there a consensus on the accuracy on the bbs327? The reports ive seen are
Kinda all over the place. Has anyone noticed if the carbine or rifle length are putting out more accuracy. Not that I think these need to be sub moa but something like 1.5 to 2 inches at 50 would keep me happy.
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Re: Rifle in .327 Federal

Post by Frontiersman » Thu Feb 01, 2018 9:39 pm

I ended up with both. The carbine does have a "handier" feel about it. I would probably lean toward it if I were going to do a lot of walking in woodland areas, but honestly the 4" of barrel won't make that much difference.

I don't think there is an inherent difference in accuracy, though most will shoot the rifle a bit better because of the longer site radius. If you plan to use a scope it shouldn't make a difference.

I haven't shot it on paper, but it does roll a tin can repeatedly at 50 yards no problem. I'd guess that is about the accuracy you described. I only shoot cast bullets in mine. I'm using .312 115gr RNFP (bhn 15) over trail boss using starline brass and a CCI primer.
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Re: Rifle in .327 Federal

Post by GTS » Fri Feb 02, 2018 10:35 am

The jury is still out for me. I have had what I consider to be serious accuracy issues. You can read the details over in the reloading section. The rifle is on it's way back to Henry right now. Hopefully they will determine what the problem might be and get it back fairly soon.
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Re: Rifle in .327 Federal

Post by docscott » Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:08 pm

I don't think I could accept 1.5-2 inch groups at 50 yds. I could live with that at 100 yds. I have loaded another 15 rounds with another powder and hope to get out tomorrow. I will post my results again if you would like.
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Re: Rifle in .327 Federal

Post by Mgderf » Fri Feb 02, 2018 6:03 pm

I'm looking for M.O.D. at 50 yards, (minute of deer) and my rifle does that easily with the Federal 100gr JSP and even better with my hand loads.
Works for me.
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Re: Rifle in .327 Federal

Post by Flyfisher1028 » Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:35 pm

docscott wrote:I don't think I could accept 1.5-2 inch groups at 50 yds. I could live with that at 100 yds. I have loaded another 15 rounds with another powder and hope to get out tomorrow. I will post my results again if you would like.

Absolutely would love to see what the rifle and loads can do
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Re: Rifle in .327 Federal

Post by docscott » Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:23 am

Testing with True Blue powder.
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Re: Rifle in .327 Federal

Post by CLA » Mon Feb 05, 2018 8:43 pm

I haven't read through the 20 pages of replies, if this has been mentioned already, my apologies.

Brian Pearce did an extensive article in the February 2015 issue of Handloader Magazine (#294) on the .327 Fed Magnum, and mentioned having an accuracy issue with his handloads.

After trying several die sets from different manufacturers, he found that all of them had too large of an expander ball that resulted in very little (if any) bullet and case neck tension, resulting in extreme spreads and poor accuracy... so maybe it's not the rifle or type of loading that you're using that's at fault.

He got his best results with an expander ball sized down to .3085 inch, and used regular small pistol (CCI 500) primers instead of CCI 550 magnum primers.
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