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Posted by Bob on 9/15/2007, 6:16 pm, in reply to "strange experience"
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Stick to black power. your gus are made for it... and it will work best.
--Previous Message--
: Hello. Has anyone used the American Pioneer
: BP substitute? I'm finding that load
: velocities are all over the place! I mean
: one shot at 723 fps, and two shots later in
: the same cylinder and BOOM 1291 fps! I
: suspected something strange because recoil
: from shot to shot was very different, so I
: set up my Shooting Chrony, which I know is
: very accurate and consistent. I'm shooting
: a Ruger Old Army, CCI #11 caps, lube
: impregnated felt wads, Speer .457 round
: balls, and a flask with volume screw-on
: spout that I cut to throw a charge that
: pretty much fills up the chamber. I ram each
: ball to the same depth (ram stops on the
: frame, and I get a perfect little circle of
: lead from each ball being rammed home. I
: thought maybe something was off with the
: charge volumes, but when I got back to the
: house, I used the flask to throw six charges
: separately onto my grain scale and they
: measured 35.5 to 37.5 grains each, so about
: 5% variation over six loads. There is a
: very noticeable recoil difference from shot
: to shot that I knew I wasn't imagining. Any
: ideas? What the heck?
:
: Thanks,
: James
:

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strange experience - james 4/16/2007, 4:15 am
- Re: strange experience - Bob 9/15/2007, 6:16 pm
- American Pioneer - fred 4/19/2007, 4:12 am
  - Re: American Pioneer - james 4/19/2007, 3:46 pm
    - Re: American Pioneer - fred 4/21/2007, 2:29 am
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--Previous Message-- : Stick to black power. your gus are made for : it... and it will work best. : : --Previous Message-- : Hello. Has anyone used the American Pioneer : BP substitute? I'm finding that load : velocities are all over the place! I mean : one shot at 723 fps, and two shots later in : the same cylinder and BOOM 1291 fps! I : suspected something strange because recoil : from shot to shot was very different, so I : set up my Shooting Chrony, which I know is : very accurate and consistent. I'm shooting : a Ruger Old Army, CCI #11 caps, lube : impregnated felt wads, Speer .457 round : balls, and a flask with volume screw-on : spout that I cut to throw a charge that : pretty much fills up the chamber. I ram each : ball to the same depth (ram stops on the : frame, and I get a perfect little circle of : lead from each ball being rammed home. I : thought maybe something was off with the : charge volumes, but when I got back to the : house, I used the flask to throw six charges : separately onto my grain scale and they : measured 35.5 to 37.5 grains each, so about : 5% variation over six loads. There is a : very noticeable recoil difference from shot : to shot that I knew I wasn't imagining. Any : ideas? What the heck? : : Thanks, : James : : :

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