Looking for some input on an Investarms .36 Hawken Santa Fe rifle..........

[ETipp]

To my amazement, it has become apparent that there's very little information out there to be found on the Investarms .36 Santa Fe rifle. Therefore, I am in search of such information. Specifically, information on accuracy at 50 yards, quality, particular loads, or anything else one might can come up with.

Thank You

 

[AlexB]

I use .35 balls out of the lee mold a .18 patch and 30 grains 777 with a cci magnum in the wifes.
That's a good load for her and it at 50 usually bump it up to either 35 or 40 if planning on going further.
Have not shot anything other than prb even though it has a 1-48 twist.
Edit for I also swapped the nipple to a tow stainless.

 

[AlexB]

My cabella's invertarms 50 weighs 9.1 pounds.

The Investarms Santa Fe hawken weighs 6 ounces more which makes sense it's the exact same parts just a smaller bore so more steel left to carry.

 

[AlexB]

 

[William O.]

Good advice to change out factory nipple to SS as it almost always gets better accuracy. Lyman/Investarms barrels are notorious for having sharp edges on the lands and almost all benefit from using some bore polish on them. JB's Bore Paste has always worked for me and may even remove some fouling that went unnoticed. I would also suggest you switch to 3f real black powder as subs like T7 burn at a much hotter temp that Traditional Black. I also suggest you start working up another load starting with 35 grains, increasing by 5 grains every three shots and swabbing in between every shot. Swabbing patches of 100% cotton flannel barely damped with rubbing alcohol works wonders.