What BP load do you use?

[bfhb]

Well, this Sunday I used my ROA for the first time with 24gr of TS2 a wonderwad which I soaked in lard followed by a .457 ball. No filler, no stuff on top.

Wasn't a great kick, but lots of flames and smoke.

I didn't have any chain fires, loading was amazingly easy.
I removed the cylinder to load powder ( premeasured ) and insert the wads.
Then loaded the cylinder back and loaded the balls then caps.

Easy peasey, non of the faffing about with stands and lazy loaders etc..

Only thing I will do different next time is use more powder!

Cleaning was incredibly easy with just a jag and bits of kitchen towel.

Mark

[CapnBall]

Uberti Walker.

40 grains Krank's Medium, gently tamp down flat with a close-cylinder-fit dowel. Then gently, fill over the powder with semolina powder to level with the top of cylinder. Then squeeze down a good soft 457 Round Ball to just level with the cylinder top.

When I wear my robot eyes, I really have done 1.5 inches at 25 yards for 5/6 - always seem to get 1 'flier' no matter what I do, no point fibbing.

That's good enough for what is a very powerful load. Semolina is the ticket, but not many indoor clubs allow it.

(robot eyes - a rubber iris stuck on my glasses with a small 1.5mm hole, without that, the sights and target are just blurs, eyesight after 40 sucks)

[DesG]

Well, this Sunday I used my ROA for the first time with 24gr of TS2 a wonderwad which I soaked in lard followed by a .457 ball. No filler, no stuff on top.

Wasn't a great kick, but lots of flames and smoke.

I didn't have any chain fires, loading was amazingly easy.
I removed the cylinder to load powder ( premeasured ) and insert the wads.
Then loaded the cylinder back and loaded the balls then caps.

Easy peasey, non of the faffing about with stands and lazy loaders etc..

Only thing I will do different next time is use more powder!

Cleaning was incredibly easy with just a jag and bits of kitchen towel.

Mark

Best you find an alternative to lard. It's offensive to Islam don't you know!

[jennings]

here's the link to the MLAGB winning loads,

http://www.mlagb.com/wp-content/uplo...2002-loads.pdf

ROA load of 20 gr Swiss no 2 as the Club doesn't like loud bangs, upsets the neighbours. Current average 88.

[tacfoley]

here's the link to the MLAGB winning loads,

http://www.mlagb.com/wp-content/uplo...2002-loads.pdf

ROA load of 20 gr Swiss no 2 as the Club doesn't like loud bangs, upsets the neighbours. Current average 88.

'Club doesn't like loud bangs upsets the neighbours'.

Without being totally offensive, I really don't know how to respond to that comment. Perhaps it's time to look for nice noisy gun club?

tac

[Turnup]

here's the link to the MLAGB winning loads,

http://www.mlagb.com/wp-content/uplo...2002-loads.pdf

ROA load of 20 gr Swiss no 2 as the Club doesn't like loud bangs, upsets the neighbours. Current average 88.

There it is! Thanks for posting the link, and it seems that my memory is defective regarding revolver loads.

[lostcat]

I use T7 only.
In a standard ROA cylinder with the standard rammer and 3mm wad even 15grn by mass/24grn BP equivelent will leave airspace,poor ignition being the main side effect but safety should be a concern.
I have a spout marked 28grn that gives 2mm compression but the accuracy isn't good,also get some creep that doesn't happen with well compressed lead.
My best load is 15grn mass of T7 with a lubed wad and .457 RB,crunched down firmly in a press.
Fillers are a problem on a damp indoor range as they grow mould.
BP indoors is also a bit rich.
I measure everything.
Don't have much confidence in the numbers marked on spouts,they vary too much.

[Turnup]

Today (another really nice day BTW) I thought I would try Tac's favoured load in my ROA. OK I am using .457 swaged balls rather than cast per Tac's advice, and I confess that I was somewhat sceptical, but I found that 25 gn of VLC actually worked rather well. Scored 90 dead with it, and not as punishing on the elbow as I had expected.

So Tac, you were right and I was wrong (not for the first time either).

It does seem to me that the ROA is particularly insensitive to load - perhaps this is why it is so popular.

It also seems to me that a lighter load works better when the weather is warmer, and a heavier one when it is cold. Anyone else get that feeling? This calls for further experimentation.

[tacfoley]

Today (another really nice day BTW) I thought I would try Tac's favoured load in my ROA. OK I am using .457 swaged balls rather than cast per Tac's advice, and I confess that I was somewhat sceptical, but I found that 25 gn of VLC actually worked rather well. Scored 90 dead with it, and not as punishing on the elbow as I had expected.

So Tac, you were right and I was wrong (not for the first time either).

It does seem to me that the ROA is particularly insensitive to load - perhaps this is why it is so popular.

It also seems to me that a lighter load works better when the weather is warmer, and a heavier one when it is cold. Anyone else get that feeling? This calls for further experimentation.

Glad it worked out for you - proof, indeed, that I don't talk out of my a$$ ALL the time. As for cast - v - swaged, it's a matter of rich -v - poor. Y'see, I'm a poor old part-disabled pensioner who can only afford to cast whereas you are undoubtedly some kind of bloated plutocrat who can easily afford to pay 25 times more than I do for the same thing, namely a little lead ball.

The lighter/heavier/warmer/cooler thing is not imaginary, BTW, it's a fact of life with shooting BP, especially rifle at long ranges - it's called RAD - relative air density, and has a tremendous effect on any longer shooting bullet, and here I'm talking about 900 - 1200 yards or so. 100gr of FFg on a cool day will feel totally different from that same load on a hot day, especially underneath a 500 or 600gr bullet.

tac, still not dead enough for someone, it seems.