Was finally able to get out yesterday and try shooting some PPB out of my Shiloh 45-70 LRE, there were 3 different Bullets I tried, one set from Rob (rfd) sent me and the other from Matt (bpcr shooter) over on Shiloh forums had sent me to try, one was a DD the other two a straight wall .443 all were 500gr, I'm not experienced enough to tell the difference in how they preformed, they all shot good, over a load of 80gr 2F Goex 75gr and 70grs of the same, filled from a long drop tube I made from an old arrow, a .060 card wad on top, the only compression I did was to make sure the card was level so bullet would sit flush on top. All three bullets had slightly different points of impacts of course, I expected that. I only shot them from 100yrds at a six inch target, as I wanted to check consistency of the load and bullets, not my shooting ability. I will say the majority all went into the target, had a couple of flyers that were just outside but I'm sure that was me not the load. I first shot three of my greasers just to make sure my zero was good and they were a nice group with the last being dead center in the bullseye, so I know those shoot well and if I ever hunt with this that's probably what I'll use, I then cleaned barrel good and started with the PPBs, I didn't get any in the bullseye but they were all on target, biggest observation for me is I wiped after each shot and the fouling in the barrel was a lot less before I wiped with the PPB than with my greasers and it was easier to run a patch down the barrel. When I look down the barrel after firing a GGB it looks fuzzy down through there, after the PPB it just had a matte appearance and wiping patches went through the barrel a lot easier. I also like the fact that I can get so much powder under the bullet as opposed to my GGBs. I could easily get 81 to 82 grains in there (more if I compressed it) but stuck with 80, then just because I loaded some at 70 and 75. No big difference in shots other the POI, which I'm sure would be a lot more exaggerated once I get to 300yrds and farther, Which I plan to do later this week just to try it out and see. So basically I did like shooting them over the GGB. Thanks again rfd Rob and bpcr shooter Matt, just gives me another reason to go shoot, like I need one. Also it was a perfect Sunday afternoon for shooting, cool weather and no wind at all which is strange for SW Okla.
I should have took a pic of target!
Chris W.