What BP load do you use?

[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.

[Turnup]

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.

I tried cast balls in the ROA and it don't seem to like 'em. A chap at one of my clubs bought one of those hand swaging machines and turns them out for £11 per 100 so not much more than the £8 per 100 I pay for cast - extremely consistent in weight they are too. Can't be arsed to cast my own. OTOH, my Uberti Remington shoots much better with cast balls. Go figure.

[tacfoley]

I tried cast balls in the ROA and it don't seem to like 'em. A chap at one of my clubs bought one of those hand swaging machines and turns them out for £11 per 100 so not much more than the £8 per 100 I pay for cast - extremely consistent in weight they are too. Can't be arsed to cast my own. OTOH, my Uberti Remington shoots much better with cast balls. Go figure.

That's 77 pounds in dog-money! Holy Shirt! I can cast 'em for fippence-bippence a hundred, maybe less.

Like I said, you guys are just MADE of money.

tac

[tim56]

Casting v buying. Its all part of the fun of shooting b/p.