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I am completely new to smokeless muzzleloading and I have been trying to wrap my head around this concept of how you go about determining a starting point with smokeless powder.
In the rifle reloading arena, you have a given case capacity to work with. You have your bullet weight, and manuals that get you a starting point with any given powder suitable for the caliber.
In a muzzleloader, your case capacity can vary depending on seating of the bullet and bore diameter. How did someone learn that 60 something grains of H4198 was a good load?
Is this done by trial and error? Start at 10 grains and work your way up slowly till you find a sweet spot? For the record I would never try this !
I am waiting for my Woodman Patriot, which I will mostly be using BH209 with, but would like to try light smokeless loads as well at some point?
Just looking for information right now, and I will likely just go with what Woodman Arms recommends when that time comes.
So, if someone has a good explanation of how this is done, I would love to hear it !
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In the rifle reloading arena, you have a given case capacity to work with. You have your bullet weight, and manuals that get you a starting point with any given powder suitable for the caliber.
In a muzzleloader, your case capacity can vary depending on seating of the bullet and bore diameter. How did someone learn that 60 something grains of H4198 was a good load?
Is this done by trial and error? Start at 10 grains and work your way up slowly till you find a sweet spot? For the record I would never try this !
I am waiting for my Woodman Patriot, which I will mostly be using BH209 with, but would like to try light smokeless loads as well at some point?
Just looking for information right now, and I will likely just go with what Woodman Arms recommends when that time comes.
So, if someone has a good explanation of how this is done, I would love to hear it !
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