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Hello,
I've been having having an ongoing issue with figuring out the best size to size my bullets for my Paramount using my Hankin's 45 Cal adjustable sizing die.
My bore diameter seems to be around .4535. lately I've been shooting Fury 250 grain .452 star tip 2BP knurled to .453, Fury 265 grain .453 STB (yellow tipped), and Arrowhead 300 grain .453 XLD (aluminum tipped) bullets (those seem to shoot the worst with my size and choice of wadding, they shoot extra high.)
Currently I'm sizing my bullets to .4515, using either 50 cal cardboard veggie wads or 54 cal Southern Bloomer Lubricated Felt Wads from Sportsman's Warehouse.
The size I've chosen is loose enough to where they all go down easily with 1 or 2 fingers. I'm wondering if maybe I need to go a bit tighter. It's difficult because anyone who owns a Paramount knows the barrel changes in size at different points down the barrel. I've already contacted a gunsmith and I plan to convert it to smokless with a Brux barrel later this year, but any advice would be appreciated.
I'll post a pic of my latest trip to the range and my load this time was 105 grains of Blackhorn 209. Another weird thing is I've been using those Bosnian GINEX primers, but I recently bought a 10 pack of Standard Winchester LR primers, and I re-primed a module with one of those and got the best shot of the day. Maybe a fluke? Anyway, I took out all the Bosnian primers and put in Winchester primers just in case.
I've been having having an ongoing issue with figuring out the best size to size my bullets for my Paramount using my Hankin's 45 Cal adjustable sizing die.
My bore diameter seems to be around .4535. lately I've been shooting Fury 250 grain .452 star tip 2BP knurled to .453, Fury 265 grain .453 STB (yellow tipped), and Arrowhead 300 grain .453 XLD (aluminum tipped) bullets (those seem to shoot the worst with my size and choice of wadding, they shoot extra high.)
Currently I'm sizing my bullets to .4515, using either 50 cal cardboard veggie wads or 54 cal Southern Bloomer Lubricated Felt Wads from Sportsman's Warehouse.
The size I've chosen is loose enough to where they all go down easily with 1 or 2 fingers. I'm wondering if maybe I need to go a bit tighter. It's difficult because anyone who owns a Paramount knows the barrel changes in size at different points down the barrel. I've already contacted a gunsmith and I plan to convert it to smokless with a Brux barrel later this year, but any advice would be appreciated.
I'll post a pic of my latest trip to the range and my load this time was 105 grains of Blackhorn 209. Another weird thing is I've been using those Bosnian GINEX primers, but I recently bought a 10 pack of Standard Winchester LR primers, and I re-primed a module with one of those and got the best shot of the day. Maybe a fluke? Anyway, I took out all the Bosnian primers and put in Winchester primers just in case.