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As not to confuse new shooters, or shooters that may not understand, I'm posting load/target information here and not in the inline forum.
NOTE: THESE CHARGES INDICATED ARE NOT FOR PRODUCTION RIFLES. THE RIFLE THIS CHARGE IS BEING SHOT FROM IS DESIGNED FOR THESE EXTREME CHARGES AND PRESSURES. DO NOT...…. USE OR COPY THIS INFORMATION TO USE IN PRODUCTION MUZZLELOADERS! READ AND FOLLOW YOUR OWNERS MANUAL AND ALL SAFETY RELATED CONCERNS FOR YOUR SPECIFIC RIFLE.
I have been shooting and testing the UF BP Xpress with the ASG breech plug and BH, along with the Fury 325gr Star Tip bullets (w/o sabots), attempting to find a charge that my specific rifle barrel will give tight groups. I initially started at 120grs volume and group sizes were very poor, like pie plate poor. I steadily increased the charge, sending 3 or 4 bullets, no more, over a few days at a time with the increased charges. As I increased the charge, the groups started tightening up.
Note: According to Western (Ramshot) own testing, both the RUM and UF rifles are very capable of safely handling charges of 160grs VOLUME. THIS IS NOT THE CASE WITH ANY OTHER RIFLE/S THAN THE RUM OR UF RIFLES.
In a session two days ago, I had shrunk the group down to 1.5" at 100yds. After some a phone conversation, I started increasing the charge by 3grs and another loading at just 2grs. I sent 4 rounds, including a fouler, this morning to test the 3gr increase. I now have an acceptable group size to start shooting and tweaking at longer range.
********Again, this IS NOT production rifle compatible information!*****
This morning's charge was 147grs volume of BH209, Fury 325gr Star Tip, sized at +1.
NOTE: THESE CHARGES INDICATED ARE NOT FOR PRODUCTION RIFLES. THE RIFLE THIS CHARGE IS BEING SHOT FROM IS DESIGNED FOR THESE EXTREME CHARGES AND PRESSURES. DO NOT...…. USE OR COPY THIS INFORMATION TO USE IN PRODUCTION MUZZLELOADERS! READ AND FOLLOW YOUR OWNERS MANUAL AND ALL SAFETY RELATED CONCERNS FOR YOUR SPECIFIC RIFLE.
I have been shooting and testing the UF BP Xpress with the ASG breech plug and BH, along with the Fury 325gr Star Tip bullets (w/o sabots), attempting to find a charge that my specific rifle barrel will give tight groups. I initially started at 120grs volume and group sizes were very poor, like pie plate poor. I steadily increased the charge, sending 3 or 4 bullets, no more, over a few days at a time with the increased charges. As I increased the charge, the groups started tightening up.
Note: According to Western (Ramshot) own testing, both the RUM and UF rifles are very capable of safely handling charges of 160grs VOLUME. THIS IS NOT THE CASE WITH ANY OTHER RIFLE/S THAN THE RUM OR UF RIFLES.
In a session two days ago, I had shrunk the group down to 1.5" at 100yds. After some a phone conversation, I started increasing the charge by 3grs and another loading at just 2grs. I sent 4 rounds, including a fouler, this morning to test the 3gr increase. I now have an acceptable group size to start shooting and tweaking at longer range.
********Again, this IS NOT production rifle compatible information!*****
This morning's charge was 147grs volume of BH209, Fury 325gr Star Tip, sized at +1.