Nobade
10-11-2014, 02:07 PM
Just for S&Gs I tried the 416 today loaded with a duplex load of 8.0gr. IMR4198 and 79gr. FFg KIK. Bullet is the RCBS 350, sized to .416 to fit the throat and gaschecked. Cast from wheelweights and lubed with Bullshop's NASA lube.
This load makes the rifle a great fun to shoot! Tolerable recoil, great big blast and smoke, by duplex loading it I shot all 25 rounds I took without any fouling issues. It made groups about twice the size of my best smokeless loads, or about 1.5 MOA at 200M. Then I tried the 12" plate at 500M and hit it every time after the first ranging shot.
I don't shoot this rifle too terribly often because full loads are pretty brutal. I can load it light with this same RCBS boolit and smokeless, but this black powder load is far more entertaining. Now off to clean the cases....
-Nobade
This load makes the rifle a great fun to shoot! Tolerable recoil, great big blast and smoke, by duplex loading it I shot all 25 rounds I took without any fouling issues. It made groups about twice the size of my best smokeless loads, or about 1.5 MOA at 200M. Then I tried the 12" plate at 500M and hit it every time after the first ranging shot.
I don't shoot this rifle too terribly often because full loads are pretty brutal. I can load it light with this same RCBS boolit and smokeless, but this black powder load is far more entertaining. Now off to clean the cases....
-Nobade