CVA Paramount Update

[Pathfinder60]

The PR is the Prairie Rifle, had a dif stock and a 29" barrel instead of the 30"LR barrel.

In fact the PR barrel was 28" long. The LR was 30". I have a PR and it is an amazing rifle. I shoot it bullet to bore with smooth sized Fury 320gr Star Tip 2P bullets. It shoots sub MOA to 300 yards. I wanted a 45 cal version of the same rifle but it was about that time the Paramount showed up on the scene. If the same attention to detail had been employed in the making of the 22" twist rate 40 and 45 barrels that was to the 28" 50 cal barrels none of these threads would exist. Its a damned shame.

 

[michiganmuzzy]

In fact the PR barrel was 28" long.

You're right, thanks for correcting me.

In fact the PR barrel was 28" long. The LR was 30". I have a PR and it is an amazing rifle. I shoot it bullet to bore with smooth sized Fury 320gr Star Tip 2P bullets. It shoots sub MOA to 300 yards. I wanted a 45 cal version of the same rifle but it was about that time the Paramount showed up on the scene. If the same attention to detail had been employed in the making of the 22" twist rate 40 and 45 barrels that was to the 28" 50 cal barrels none of these threads would exist. Its a damned shame.

I agree 100%

 

[Jolly Green]

Pathfinder if you have a consistent .454 bore you might want to call Dennis at Fury, I know he said he has the STB in .454 now and I think he said he could do the LT and ST 2BP also.

 

[Pathfinder60]

Pathfinder if you have a consistent .454 bore you might want to call Dennis at Fury, I know he said he has the STB in .454 now and I think he said he could do the LT and ST 2BP also.

That's intriguing news! I'll give Dennis a call...thank you sir!

 

[Ninering62]

Pathfinder if you have a consistent .454 bore you might want to call Dennis at Fury, I know he said he has the STB in .454 now and I think he said he could do the LT and ST 2BP also.

I just got bullets for my Paramount from Dennis this past wk. I get 275gr ST2P knurled to .454. Most of the time, .453 works fine though. I'd say that my bore floats between .4525 when its cold to .4535 when its hot. The STB's are good hunting bullets & shot well in the Accura V2 with 84 gr BH 209 & in the Paramount behind 105gr BH 209. I'd get them knurled up to .454 just in case, then size them down to fit your bore.

 

[Ninering62]

Decay was at my house for a visit & he wanted to test out some of the Fury .402 250gr ST2P bullets with LBCR’s he had just received on Fri. For use in his Paramount.
We pulled my 5 port titanium beast brake for the first time & hit my bench for some load development.
First time a sabot has been shot out of my Paramount.
First pic is the charge we started out with @50yds
2nd pic was with a small increase in powder.
We think we are on to something here.
3rd pic is with another small increase in powder. It opened back up slightly. We went with the middle charge with 1 nice clean hole results from all 3 shot groups, right to 200yds.
Pic 4 is at 200
No, it’s not 1 ragged hole, BUT, it IS, still under MOA @1 7/8” & that can be fine tuned better. That was the very first group at 200yds with a sabot load in my Paramount.
We had to stop bc it was getting dark. My dang chrony failed to function AGAIN!
We got mid 2300’s for MV but I’m pretty sure the readings we did get were not accurate.
We did want/need the velocity data, but we wanted to see what kind of accuracy we could get first & foremost.
Decay can now tweak that load at home with his own Paramount.
I’m sorry we can not discuss any details about the charges we used, only discuss the accuracy & potential we saw.