myfriendis410
06-24-2011, 03:29 PM
I thought I'd share this. I've been working on a cast load for my Pedersoli Sharps 45/70 using a bunch of wonderful information gleaned from this forum and elsewhere. I "went to school" on bulletcasting and lube recipes and then proceeded to shoot a BUNCH of big heavy bullets at paper. I have a fading yellow bruise and a lot of saved targets and this load as a final recipe. What is interesting is that the load improved over a month of resting between loading and shooting it. I attribute that to hardening of the ww material over time. Everything was hand-weighed and selected for as much precision as I could obtain. This load was repeatable as I demonstrated to myself with three targets. This group measured 1/2" center to center for five shots, and velocity was right at 1,200 fps. I'm done! I have another load that shoots around 1 1/2" for five shots with a velocity of 1,600 fps as well. The bore is bright and clear after thirty rounds. I guess my lube recipe works.