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Hello,
I've just got a tub of 777 FFFG to try out ( I wont be getting used to it at that price) and wondered if anyone has any suggested loadings. I have .44 and .36 Remington replicas and for BP use a 24gn and 18gn spout, ball straight on top and a bit of grease so like the simple approach ....
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Corrie
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I'd cut down on the size of spout. 777 is 15% more powerful so charges should be reduced accordingly. You should reduce your loads to as light as possible for target anyway, less recoil or wrist ache.
18gr sounds about right for the 44 and I'd go for around 12gr in the 36, which would mean just one extra spout.
Its more expensive but you will use less and save a fair bit on cleaning materials/time.
For an even easier load use a wad to reduce the risk of flashover but liquid alox your balls that way theres no greasy mess while firing. Alox may not be good with BP but it works well with 777.
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Thanks for the starter ... I use alox on my .357 loads so I'll 'do some balls' - and with 18gr I would need some filler to seat the ball on so a wad should do the trick.
Regarding light loads I've found too light and the gun starts moving before the ball has left resulting in a large POI shift upwards - plus I like a big bang
What cleaning procedure would you recommend? With BP its a full strip and into a bowl of hot soapy water .. then a coating of WD to finish. I'm guessing without the grease and a cleaner powder things should be a lot less messy ...
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Corrie
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Covered my cleaning here
http://www.airgunbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=196275
“If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?” :- Prince Philip said after Dunblane
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Well I love 777 - 18 grains and a bit of filler is spot on ... cleaning afterwards is a snap. Need to sort the .36 loads next.
Regards
Corrie
I shoot and I vote
tis good innit.
it likes alox too so far less mess.
Just back from my weekly constitutional, nowt like a blast with a hand cannon to blow all the cares away.
Like I said about 12gr in your .36 as a max perhaps down to 8gr for a nice light load.
It burns quicker than the other stuff so should cure any lag. To make it go a little quicker try to get hold of Remmington "hotter" caps.
“If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?” :- Prince Philip said after Dunblane
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