Thanks. If I don’t hear back on Monday I’ll do that.
JKR
Far North, I appreciate your thread here, I"ve been struggling with PPing, Sunday I went out and tried to get it working and it was a disaster with what I had loaded, I posted a long thread over on Shiloh forums and I"ve gotten so much advice thats its almost overload! Like what you've got going here, I've read through all the advice on here you were given and there are a few things i also need to go back and look at myself, so appreciated this thread! Really like your range you've built. We just go out to the pasture and set up targets at different ranges and go at it.
Chris W.,
Thanks Mongo...... hey you know i moved up to Alaska from South Central Oklahoma, i also new a guy named Chris W. ....... that wouldnt stand for chris White by any chance would it ?
I've got my loads down to about 2.5 inches @150yrds .
I got some loaded now with 85grs of 2f ... but ive been busy and its been -14 so i haven't shot in a while . These guys are awesome and their advice has helped me a ton !!!
Thanks for all the help guys !!! I think I'm on the right track now . I loaded 82grs of goex ffg , 1 .030 veggie wad and one .030 ldpe wad .... i need to order some .060 ldpe sheets . And then seated my 530gr Elliptical at .100 into the case .
5 shot group at 150yrds , the high one went off before i was ready and called it before even looking down the spotting scope . The 4 shots are exactly 1inch group , and 1 3/4inch if i count my fault . I'm pleased with it and now i will load up 10 more to see how they do !! Thanks again everyone!!
Thanks Lead Pot !!!! It truly is addictive, but it better for a man than sitting around watching tv all the time !!! Well i think it is , last weekend i drove 320miles round trip to buy 10 pounds of black powder ( the limit ) and last night i ordered ldpe sheets lol ..
Thanks for the help and advice !!! I really appreciate it.
Pat
Your on the way Pat. Now it just takes trigger time and that is the fun part.
If they ever open the borders again I will be heading back up your way and maybe we can make some smoke. I always take one rifle up there with me, some times two .
Pat,
Now you're making it look easy! Way to go!!!
Once you realize fully how easy loading extremely accurate paper patch loads is you'll wonder why anyone loads those other kind, you know the greasy grooved kind!
I tell people that for it to be any easier the darn things would have to load themselves and I not sure everybody believes me, but it's true.
You'll like what the .060" LDPE wads do for your loads too.
Well done.
Jim Kluskens
aka Distant Thunder
Black powder paper patching is a journey, enjoy the ride!
I have following this thread intently as I am going down the same path as FarNorth45, except mine is a 45-90.
Thanks to everyone for the wealth of knowledge here!!
My question is are you all using 45 cal LDPE wads or 44 cal wads for PP loads? The 45 cal LDPE wads I have are .464 diameter and there is NO way I can get them in a .453 case mouth. The 44 cal wads per the BACO web site are .446 which would seem to be too small.
Dave
"How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual... as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded, controlled, supervised, and taken care of."
--Rep. Suzanna Gratia Hupp (TX)
Thanks Distant Thunder, you guys made the learning curve so much shorter !!! Honestly it wasn't that hard to accomplish if a guy just listens to the knowledge that has been shared here!!
I do find it easier and more satisfying that messing with GG bullets ...... cleaning is so easy also . Makes me wish i could paper patch for all my guns ha!ha
I use 45 cal rifle wads at .460 and was buying them at first . Now i just punch out my own .460 wads , at first i just made my own punch but last night i ordered a .460 wad punch from Baco for $20 .
All the advice / knowledge these guys share are spot on and shorten the learning curve tremendously!!
The Cornell press mounted wad punch does cut one smaller. Mine cuts the .45's .460"
At .453" it looks like your full length sizing your cases. Load your fired cases at least with the powder and wad then taper crimp the case and seat your bullet when you get the proper neck diameter so you can still finger seat a snug fitting bullet.
I don't like to taper crimp a round with the bullet seated because your also swaging the portion of the bullet down that is in the case mouth.
"How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual... as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded, controlled, supervised, and taken care of."
--Rep. Suzanna Gratia Hupp (TX)
Dave, use the rifle punch. You need a good tight fitting wad to keep from getting gas cuts. The .454" is too small for the .45 rifle.
The wads you have will also work as long as they don't bulge the case wall and hamper loading the cartridge in the chamber.
"How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual... as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded, controlled, supervised, and taken care of."
--Rep. Suzanna Gratia Hupp (TX)
Dave,
You are using a case full of black powder ??
Don't try using smokeless and seat a wad on a smokeless load. There should not be a gap between the wad and bullet, smokeless or black powder.
Jamison brass, BR-2 Primer, 90gr EO 1.5, .060 vegie wad (currently), compress to .10", seat bullet by hand, MAKE SMOKE!!
Bullet is a BACO 446535 wraped with an onion skin paper I have had for decades. Wrapped dia about .4515, then sized to about .4505.
It will slide snugly into the barrel with the push of one finger, does not indent the paper, but remains in the barrel if case is extracted.
Dave
"How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual... as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded, controlled, supervised, and taken care of."
--Rep. Suzanna Gratia Hupp (TX)
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 |