Anyone using this boolit? I want to work up a 1200 fps load for my BILs gun so he can learn to shoot it well. Anyone using it? What powder and charges?
Any other suggestions for a midrange boolit and load?
Anyone using this boolit? I want to work up a 1200 fps load for my BILs gun so he can learn to shoot it well. Anyone using it? What powder and charges?
Any other suggestions for a midrange boolit and load?
Crabo
Do not argue with idiots. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Start at 10grs of unique and work slow.
"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far"
Theodore Roosevelt
Also mu goto load is a 440 Lee over 15 grs unique and pushes right at 1100fps and more accurate than I can hold at 100yds.
"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far"
Theodore Roosevelt
saz, what alloy are you running? I assume you are running them with the gas check.
I am using ACWW, checked and tumble lubed with 45/45/10 mix of lla, jpw and mineral spirits. Pretty much my goto lube for everything. No check accuracy is absolutely terrible.
"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far"
Theodore Roosevelt
I use a PB, 440 gr in my JRH, water dropped WW's at 1350 fps. Also use it in a friends S&W.
Just need a GC if the boolit is designed for one.
Things go easier with a GC because you can soften the boolit some and the JRH does need some expansion. Hard boolits are a paper punch on deer.
Trail boss for light loads, but for the speed you want, look up data for Accurate 5744. I use both of these powders in the 460 mag. A5744 will go from fairly mild to almost wild. It is a reduced rifle powder and will work with cast or jwords. It may not fully burn, but it is safe for downloading, unlike 110/296.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |