People easily understand numbers and more/higher is better, right?cayuga said:interesting the powder charge they mention as an accurate load. Now days, people push powder through their rifles like they were magnum center fires.
cayuga said:interesting the powder charge they mention as an accurate load. Now days, people push powder through their rifles like they were magnum center fires.
bubba.50 said:got my very first muzzler, a 54cal Renegade kit in 1974 the year they came out. I was younger, tougher and "knew everything" back then so, I thought I needed that 120gr max charge behind the greased maxi-ball to get that flatline trajectory from one hill to the next. could always tell it needed a new nipple when it would start puttin' itself on half-cock when fired.
after a few years I began to notice most shots I got were around 75yds or less & didn't really need all that 'oomph' and changed my huntin' load to 70gr and at 75yds with that load I could make shamrock cards for the St. Patrick's day parade all day long.
and at the range these days usually only use 50 to 60 grains gets me by.
Idaholewis said:bubba.50 said:got my very first muzzler, a 54cal Renegade kit in 1974 the year they came out. I was younger, tougher and "knew everything" back then so, I thought I needed that 120gr max charge behind the greased maxi-ball to get that flatline trajectory from one hill to the next. could always tell it needed a new nipple when it would start puttin' itself on half-cock when fired.
after a few years I began to notice most shots I got were around 75yds or less & didn't really need all that 'oomph' and changed my huntin' load to 70gr and at 75yds with that load I could make shamrock cards for the St. Patrick's day parade all day long.
and at the range these days usually only use 50 to 60 grains gets me by.
Bubba, Do you feel like you were Gaining much with that 120 Grain load? I Question the efficiency of that old Goex 2F powder of my Dads? I was shocked at how much unburned powder was scattered in a line on top of the Snow that day using his 100 Volume grain load. I shot 80 Grains of my Swiss 2F powder in my 10" barreled TC Scout pistol and the Snow was clean, we could not find a hint of unburned powder? I am confident the Swiss is burning clean. I know that Swiss is very noticeably hotter powder! Another thing I noticed when i shot with my Dad was the amount of Smoke and little smoldering embers from his Goex 2F, The Swiss powder burns a LOT cleaner, and I believe the Swiss is way more efficient, it also costs about 8 bucks a pound more!
Idaholewis said:Idaholewis said:bubba.50 said:got my very first muzzler, a 54cal Renegade kit in 1974 the year they came out. I was younger, tougher and "knew everything" back then so, I thought I needed that 120gr max charge behind the greased maxi-ball to get that flatline trajectory from one hill to the next. could always tell it needed a new nipple when it would start puttin' itself on half-cock when fired.
after a few years I began to notice most shots I got were around 75yds or less & didn't really need all that 'oomph' and changed my huntin' load to 70gr and at 75yds with that load I could make shamrock cards for the St. Patrick's day parade all day long.
and at the range these days usually only use 50 to 60 grains gets me by.
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