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do you believer it was straight blackpowder ?

If you gonna use the full stroke of a jack, plus a long plunger, plus a tall die, thats a tall skinny arrangement ---needs to be neat and well set up (alignment) to be stable and safe. be careful you...

thats twice what I am doing !!

you got it !

not 6 x 100 ----trying to keep em thin so busting them up is less hassle, 5 or 6 at the time depends - usually get about 450 grams per press maybe a tad more.

die is 3 inch diameter PVC pressure...

my hornady book (third edition) lists winchester 760 for the 303 .....top load 50 grains for 2600FPS under the 150 grain spire point

have not done it but reckon that 760 load would be a full case...

same here pretty much
have a fibre board spacer (masonite the stuff they use under floor tiles) that goes on top of the puck stack (one underneath also) cut neat to the die body then my plunger...

been using divider since the get go - five or
six x 75 - 100gram pucks at the time - thin plastic dividers - milk jug but have made a few out of ice creame can (40thou plastic) which was why I...

yre overthinking this
plus getting un neccessary complex advice from guys who been doin this so long they forgot the KISS principle
we are plinkin with a pistol
1) if you have a boolit with any...

huge thumbs down on this -- thin sheet metal or plastic that moves under pressure is exactly what IS wanted - they are only dividers between the layers of material - believe you are overthinking this...

"nothing is impossible to the willing student"
I blew the nipple out of one of my post hole guns - shredded the metal on its way out - used a half charge so 6 inches of powder then rammed in six...

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From the Goex MSDS spec sheet 3/17/2009

2070fps

so if that is the burn speed of black powder - once the projectile is escaping at that velocitythe powder burn speed cant make it go any faster...

There is a myth (in some places) that blackpowder cannot generate high pressure - there is enough shredded steel down the pages of history to explode that myth (literally) yet it persists in some...

We always used single cut measures for muzzleloaders mostly spare brass cases (cut down if needed)- I solder a loop of copper wire on the base and the measure stays tied to the possibles bag by a...

its an interesting question (for some) ....but getting the answer a pretty pointless excercise .....if all you know at the end is how fast it went but no ide where it went ?????? whats that gain???

believe that is correct

this !!!!! all of it !!!!!

They dont listen to me either :grin: but I figure I must need the typing practice. If you reckon its more likely a chain fire starts at the back - I proly agree

If you can find it, cotton japara is the best thin material, tight weave and tough, pocket material (like jeans pockets is purt near same thickness but not as strong) calico is next thicker, then...

HA!!! theres reasons we hang around here !!! -----waiting for little nuggets of wisdom to drop ------might be you just dropped one for me . I been using spacers (5 or 6 in the puck stack) made from...

most of us are happy with the idea that coarser grains = slower burning. The difference from Fg to FFFg, is noticeable
so if we made a compressed pellet from dampened meal, then we should expect...

why not go to a thinner patch?
if it blows out bad enough to reduce accuracy try an overpowder wad under the patched ball
I shot 120 grain loads in a 54 CVA for years - 530 ball on a calico patch...

replied to your other post on this

I bought a Chiappa standard grade - used (as new six shots fired) - discounted - brought it home - wouldnt cycle a round from the magazine - the rims were hanging up in the carrier - I got mad at the...