As I was posting on wrong section of this forum I continue here with my smokeless load for my pedersoli Q down under 34’ sharps.
Rifle liked even the 48grains of N130 and also the 50grains of N140....
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Forum: Single Shot Guns
As I was posting on wrong section of this forum I continue here with my smokeless load for my pedersoli Q down under 34’ sharps.
Rifle liked even the 48grains of N130 and also the 50grains of N140....
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I understand that is mandatory that no space between black powder and bullet. I assume then that if with 55 grains even not compressed the bullet seat above the powder I’m ok as no space in between....
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I’m sorry, I have not understood well. I’m Italian and not so good and used to English neither to write in that language on forums, and probably I have misunderstood the forum
Section and stuff. I...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Back from the range: my sharps liked a lot my charges!
Soft lead 320 grains casted by me, 50grains of vitavhuori n140 (20rounds) and 48 grains of vitavhuori n130, gas checks hornady, lube lee aloy,...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Ok, no airspace, I’m going to put some kind of cotton or similar or I have to put something hard of same dimension of the airspace like cork or similar?
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Hi all,
I decided to go with Swiss black powder. My shop has Swiss n.3 that I understand is FFG.
Soon arrive to me the lee mold for 405 grains boolits, I’m going to cast with soft lead( used in my...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Thanks to all for answering!
Tomorrow or Friday I’m going to the range to shot these load I made.
N130 ( it’s a powder kind of the fastest for rifles with longer barrels, faster is N120 suitable...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Thanks for kind answers!
Good to hear that. So I will try shooting such loads and checking the barrel after each shot to be sure no huge amount of lead inside.
My pedersoli sharps is .457 as...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Hi all!
First of all, sorry for my english.
Im going straight to the point: I’ve made some 320 grains FP lead bullets for my 34inch
Sharps. I used gas checks copper by Hornady.
But I used the...
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 |