Shooting a Shiloh Sharps in 45-70. Load is 530 grain Dual Diameter bullet , PP, 80 grains Swiss 1.5 , Poly .060 and one .015 pressed paper wad . Poly over powder compressed about .230 thousandths . No crimp on case bullet is wrapped to fit case mouth just so it doesn't fall out. Whole thing is good to 1000 yds. Black powder 45-70 is very user friendly . Bullet is 16-1 hardness , lead tin mix. To get accuracy Wipe between shoots with bore pigs and dry patch. Velocity for this load and bullet is around 1276,45-70, I'm a pointy, all copper, lightning speed bullet deer hunter but I am very intrigued about slower, heavy, all lead bullets. Could you expand on what you posted? Rifle, load, any other info. is always appreciated.
Please re-read my reply. I never said that you thought they shoot better. I just need convincing that they ARE better. I'd like to see wind deflection charts of GG vs. PP bullets..........same weight bullet, same velocity, same BC [or close]. Somebody out there must have a ballistic program to feed the data into. 600 and 1000 yd. wind deflection data info would be nice.I'm still waiting for someone to show me what advantage paper patch bullets have over grease groove bullets. I'm sure that if you experiment enough you can get them to shoot well. Do they shoot better than greasers? No. Once you get to a certain skill level, it's more about the shooter and their ability to adapt to conditions than what kind of bullet they shoot. X
I know that Kenny Wasserburger set a record in 2008 at Raton of 1.336 at the 5@200 and the GG guys tried to beat for a week and never did. Paper don't lie! Nice shootin 45/70!.Please re-read my reply. I never said that you thought they shoot better. I just need convincing that they ARE better. I'd like to see wind deflection charts of GG vs. PP bullets..........same weight bullet, same velocity, same BC [or close]. Somebody out there must have a ballistic program to feed the data into. 600 and 1000 yd. wind deflection data info would be nice.
My all time favorite mid and long range bullet is the Lyman 530 grain Postell GG, 24:1 alloy, sized to .459 in a Lyman lubrisizer. Home made lube. They are fired from a 45-90 Sharps and a 45-100 Sharps Borchardt.
P.S. I'm not trying to offend anyone.........just get info. X
only use the bore pigs when I shoot PP bulletsWow , never heard of these bore pigs/gophers. Very interesting. So do you use these instead of a bow tube ? Are these just soaked in water and pushed though ? I recently acquired a 45/70 and would like to do some silhouette matches. I've been doing a lot of research on loading black powder cartridges and have gathered most items I need, just need to get some bullets. I've been shooting muzzle loaders (flintlock) most of my life and I'm excited to do some black powder cartridge shooting.
tried your neoprene washers wouldn't work in my rifle
it is a sharps shiloh, and i believe the neoprene washers are slightly to large. Not using correctly they only go through one way.
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