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[gtpkeeper]

One of our club members owns a fabric shop and cuts us hundreds of patches from his offcuts on a badge making press. The best ones which I use now are some fancy pink cotton which he sells in his shop for 40 quid a metre. Lube is watered down Kranks BP solvent (the old one) and 10 grains of semolina on top of the powder. It gives a lovely sharp crack and very consistent accuracy. My last comp score was 96 with 6 bulls. Wish I could do that every day! I use about 18gns of kranks fine in my 44 Charles Moore so your load does seem a bit hefty for a 36.

my normal load for 20 or 25m is 12.2grains of kranks fine,.360 rb 0.12 ,1in dia patch lubed with extra virgin olive oil, 12 of semolina. best so far is 92
was thinking of trying .354 ball and thicker patch

[DesG]

my normal load for 20 or 25m is 12.2grains of kranks fine,.360 rb 0.12 ,1in dia patch lubed with extra virgin olive oil, 12 of semolina. best so far is 92
was thinking of trying .354 ball and thicker patch

See if you can scrounge some Swiss #1 to try. It's about 60 quid a kilo which is twice the price of Kranks but a far better powder in my opinion, but with half the charge you are currently using it would work out the same price. I use Kranks in all my larger calibres and revolver but love the Swiss in the 36. I was using a lee .350 ball but moved onto a Jeff Tanner .354 which is very slow to cast and trim (I tumble the balls to finish them off) and this has worked very well for me. I find the 354 quite a tight fit with a ten thou patch so you must have fun with a 360 and 12 thou. Next time down I'll chrono my pistol and see what I'm getting.

[1066]

I get good accuracy with 13g of Swiss, .350 Hornady ball and 10 thou patch.

[gtpkeeper]

I find the 354 quite a tight fit with a ten thou patch so you must have fun with a 360 and 12 thou. Next time down I'll chrono my pistol and see what I'm getting.

not too bad till i get around 7-9 shots then it needs more thump ,yeah it be interesting to see chrono results

[DesG]

not too bad till i get around 7-9 shots then it needs more thump ,yeah it be interesting to see chrono results

If the storm doesn't hit I'll do it tomorrow. I'll take my scales and have a play.

[gtpkeeper]

If the storm doesn't hit I'll do it tomorrow. I'll take my scales and have a play.

that would be good, des

[DesG]

Well I forgot my semolina today so I just whacked a few shots off over the chrono with 8.9gn of swiss #1, ten thou patch and a 354 ball. The average velocity was 1058fps with a few going over 100fps above or below. When I later weighed my remaining vials I found that my powder thrower is not as accurate as I thought with a full grain (by weight) difference from the mean which explains some of the flyers I've been getting lately. (my excuses book is now in the seventh volume).

What I thought was interesting was how close to the speed of sound this light charge is pushing the ball. I would suggest that 12gns would certainly be supersonic and anything in-between in the transonic region which can not be good for accuracy.

I will investigate this further and report back.