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One reason I went to 45 caliber in the beginning was the need to shoot a lightweight bullet to speed. I tried all sorts of way to get the 40 caliber 200 grain SST to shoot in the 50 caliber rifle including special sabots, different loads, and even having a sabot manufactured just for the...

I have not! Experience would conclude that the wider the sabot compared to the bore the harder it is to get accuracy with a sabot. Still that's the problem with no real experience it's impossible to know for sure.

It may be simple but I don't think it would be all that safe. If you make a brass chamber set then you have to put the chamber in the rifle to load. Now you have this problem, do you put a 'live" primer in the chamber while your stuffing the powder and bullet down the barrel? Or do you put the...

Since I started using the 45 caliber bore I have shot only two bullets at game, the 200 grain SST/SW (I actually use the SST on game but have some blem SWs for paper) and they are very deadly. Keep in mind the 45 normally shoots about 2625fps with the 200 grain 40 caliber bullet. 2 deer and...

I don't think there is a single powder. BUt I'd have to think a beginner would use one of the powders suggested by the manual. Now 4227 is not a manual powder any more. I don't know if my consistent harping on the fact that "no-one" should ever use it in the 10ML had anything to do with it's...

Steve I'm glad to hear it got there in one peice. I hope it all works well but in any event I hope you have fun in the effort.

I have been spending the days between 45 conversions working on what I had. The only working barrel I received in my last order was the 40 caliber 1 in 16 twist model that's now mounted on Steve White's frame. After shooting enough shots to about know what I'm doing I've come to the conclusion...

I use 209s with no extractor most the time but I have used the standard extractor without any difficulties. Try as I might I can't find any better ignition than the 209. I had a system using large rifle and LR magnum primers with a custom breech plug at one time but I never got it to shoot as...

I admit to being totally ignorant of this rifle but it sounds like a break over action. I have plenty of experience shooting break-overs including the one in the following image which has one of my barrel in 28" length. I like the rifle for easy pointing and light weight but it will never...

WOW there's nothing like getting the insight of a true veteran of the art. Thanks for your comments Bill. I have built rifles to 40 caliber and found that a chamber is a waste of time as well. I don't really have any idea what might happen with this new rifle. Truthfully I wouldn't have...

We had a discussion not long ago suggesting a smokeless muzzle loader with a powder chamber. I was foremost in denying the need for such a thing. As fate would have within a month of the debate I?m now in the process of designing and building a smokeless rifle with a chamber. I have something...

In previous chapters I?ve talked a lot about loads and ideas to consider when one chooses a rifle. Those things ranged from topics as varied as caliber selection to recoil pad selection. In this chapter we will move more toward the hardware of the process. I will attempt to document the...

I'd expect N120 or N110 will get the most hits because more people use them but with a 300 grain bullet I haven't seen anything that will out shoot 66 to 70 grains of 10x. I've also found 64 to 68 grains of Reloader 7 works excellently in some rifles.

I don't know! I haven't tried anything other than the pellets and I got the idea from the Ultmate rifle that claims they can shoot as much as 5 pellets. Still I've found that 4 is enough so I haven't even thought about 5.

The next time it snows in Shreveport......? Ehhh maybe I'd better think of another plan. I'd have to totally disagree with you about the oxygen point. It is smokeless powder that doesn't need oxygen. And as far as adding more weight it's a lot easier to shoot a 300 grain bullet to check that...

I thought about it and I've never tried to but just the tip however if I was loking for them I'd try PR bullets.

While shooting the 40 caliber smokeless muzzle loader I had considerable help deciding on a load. Notably there are some pretty good sources for the 405 Winchester which is very close to the caliber we?re shooting. The only problem is the lightest weight bullet normally shot from Teddy?s...

Well I have a much different opinion than most who have reported so far. I've shot the 10ML to 2200fps with the 250 grain SST and Pryodex pellets and the recoil is there but not beyond the capacity of most shooters. I used Pyrodex pellets and NOT 777 and would not know a 777 load. Using...

Re: details The rifle belongs to Steve White and when I'm finished testing he will be shooting it for himself. I have to thank Steve for the idea. He saw that Pac-Nor listed several 40 caliber barrels in their regular package and felt it could be possible to get one the same land diameter as...

The only thing I'm doing to the barrel is making sure it's clean before I start a series of shots. I fired 1 shot this range session that's not shown on the target. The first range session I fired two shots to insure paper contact at 100 yards 8 shots through the timer and onto target and 4...