PH .577 muskatoon

[greenshoots]

just purchased one of the above will be using a 315gr minie whats the starting load


greenshoots

[enfield2band]

You could start at about 50 grains of blackpowder.
My friend shoots a Lee Minie bullet and uses 65 grains of blackpowder.

Good luck

[TA6319]

what distance are you shooting at? You can use 30 grains for targets at 50 yards, you dont need to aim low and there is very little kick.

[greenshoots]

30 grains for targets at 50 yards

sounds like a good starting point...

greenshoots

[harricook]

Dad & I have experimented with 3 different minies & several powders in our 2 & 3 band Enfields. we shoot at 100 & 200)

We have settled on Lee Minies, Starleys Medium powder & 65 grains of powder (we lightly lube the Minies with Allwoods BPL - We have tried base filling them - but it made no difference on the target)

Seems to be a good load & accuracy is better than I can shoot) We tried Swiss powder - got no better accuracy & had to sell a kidney

Any higher load (I have seen 85 grains quoted !) & the bullet is all over the target

I pre weigh my loads out into vials.


Cheers

Roy
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[acmsarh]

Have a look at these articles on Managing the Enfield

http://www.researchpress.co.uk/firea...management.htm