Not going stainless I know that want a blued barrel, Jeff was going to check with Rice again to see what we can get it in.
With walnut stock I liked blued over stainless.
Also I read somewhere that a 209 primer in .32 can push a RB out at about 280-300 fps, not sure if that's accurate or not but just seen it the other night searching old threads.
10 GnV of BH was what I was thinking might work also.
FOUND THE CHART
http://www.Hpmuzzleloading.com/technical3.html
With a variety of the primers, I headed for the range with the Green Mountain .32 in-line rifle and my chronograph. I started by snapping a couple of primers to get a little base fouling in the bore. Then I wiped the bore with four clean dry patches, exactly how I would wipe the bore between each and every shot. I figured this would give me the same amount of resistance for each and every primer popped behind the well greased patch and light ball. And for each primer tested, I fired 5 shots across the chronograph, then eliminated the highest and lowest velocity readings. The velocities of the remaining three shots were then averaged. And here are the velocities that were recorded for the following No. 209 primers...including the new "Muzzleloading Primers".
Winchester 209ML ........................221 f.p.s.
Winchester 209 Triple Seven ML.....244 f.p.s.
Remington 209 Kleanbore ML ........318 f.p.s.
Std. Winchester No. 209A ..............336 f.p.s.
Std. Remington No. 209 .................341 f.p.s.
Cheddite No. 209 ...........................347 f.p.s.
Federal No. 209A ...........................381 f.p.s.
And for comparison, we also ran the Precision Rifle "Vari-Flame" through this test, using both Winchester "Small Pistol" and "Small Rifle" primers.
Winchester WSP "Small Pistol" ........116 f.p.s.
Winchester WSR "Small Rifle" .........143 f.p.s.
Another article
http://www.namlhunt.com/mlprimers.html
ShawnT said:
WV Hunter said:
Ok, so what is the difference in the 48 or 30? For those in the know...
The idea is that the faster twist let you shoot lower powder charges to get into the speed of target or standard velocity 22lr and was less finicky on load. I have shot my Ridgerunner with the Oregon barrel with as low as 10gnV of pyroP and it still shot great on paper. My go to hunting load is what I call 18gnV of pyroP. I call it 18 because the measure stem is a little under the 20gnV line. My Marathon has a 48 twist twist ad it shot better at 25gnV.
It will be very interesting to see what load you end up with using the 48twist and a 209 primer. My rifles are #11caps. In the GMB 32 the primers changed the velocity a good bit. They even shot the patched ball out with just a primer but I can't remember the velocity they got with just a primer. :huh?: With the Omega 209 set up using a real good tight fitting patch and ball I would bet you could use a real light load of maybe 10gnV of BH.
Dean, what finish are you going with, Is it a stainless or Chrome Molly barrel?