Let's start with this disclaimer: I shoot BPCR with a Shiloh Sharps and sometimes a roller. My use of the trapdoor is for fun and occasional hunting. There is no need to debate the merits of what gun to use for what game. I need strictly trapdoor advice in response to this post.
That being said, I am currently shooting 70 gr., Goex 2F with a 0.030 vegetable fiber wad and either a 520 grain NEI Ideal Creedmoor Postell or a Lyman 457125. Both are sized to .459. Lube is a mix with an SPG base. Bullets are 20:1 Pb:tin but I am having some leading problems and may go to 30:1. Load is compressed with a compression die. All rounds are indexed during the reloading process and chambering.
I am staying with Goex as I have a good supply of the powder and use it for BPCR too. Although I would like to try Swiss and am intrigued that it has a higher moisture content that may help with the fouling, I just ain't paying the higher price.
Now that we have a baseline, here's where I need some help:
Let me know what loads have been successful to you Goex shooters?
Do any of you shoot pure lead? Was the original trap door round pure lead?
Would there be an enhancement by going to a 405 gr bullet? If so is there any particular style I need to consider?
If you mounted a Vernier tang to the stock, how did you mount and bed it?
Thanks friends....
That being said, I am currently shooting 70 gr., Goex 2F with a 0.030 vegetable fiber wad and either a 520 grain NEI Ideal Creedmoor Postell or a Lyman 457125. Both are sized to .459. Lube is a mix with an SPG base. Bullets are 20:1 Pb:tin but I am having some leading problems and may go to 30:1. Load is compressed with a compression die. All rounds are indexed during the reloading process and chambering.
I am staying with Goex as I have a good supply of the powder and use it for BPCR too. Although I would like to try Swiss and am intrigued that it has a higher moisture content that may help with the fouling, I just ain't paying the higher price.
Now that we have a baseline, here's where I need some help:
Let me know what loads have been successful to you Goex shooters?
Do any of you shoot pure lead? Was the original trap door round pure lead?
Would there be an enhancement by going to a 405 gr bullet? If so is there any particular style I need to consider?
If you mounted a Vernier tang to the stock, how did you mount and bed it?
Thanks friends....