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Bullseye does not seem to be positive sensitive. All my test loads seem to go bang, but I have yet to find a tack driving low pressure load in my rifle. Thanks.
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I shoot a 160 gr PB bullet with 6 to 7 grains of Bullseye out of a 1903. 3049 Krag what is a "PB" bullet Pb is the chemical element symbol for lead.
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I shoot a 160 gr PB bullet with 6 to 7 grains of Bullseye out of a 1903. 3049 Krag what is a "PB" bullet Pb is the chemical element symbol for lead. Oof now I feel dumb. Should have known that. Thanks.
"Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37, verse 4.
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PB = Plain Base in the vernacular of cast bullets. (And Dinny is right too, Pb = lead.) Pbst = Pabst Blue Ribbon
I don't find BE (Bullseye) to be terribly position sensitive in really light .30-06 (and .30-30 & .30-40) loads. Hair splitting accuracy? If a Springfield or Krag prints paper groups at 50 yards that'll subtend a quarter (or heck, even a half dollar) I'm happy since most of my shooting with mouse fart loads in those guns is at empty Pbst cans (what, you think I'd shoot a full one?!) and AR-500 swingers at backyard-like distances. I used to squirrel hunt with a .30-40 Krag and 150 PB RN's + 6gr. Red Dot or BE, and many a headless squirrel came home from the woods with me.
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I forgot about Plain Base.
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many a headless squirrel came home from the woods with me. I like the way you put that.
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6 grains of bullseye and 180 grain cast bullet seem to group nicely with very little pressure even if it is a foot low at 50 yards!
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6 grains of bullseye and 180 grain cast bullet seem to group nicely with very little pressure even if it is a foot low at 50 yards! I hear ya. An added incentive for folks shooting these uber light loads in U.S. milsurps (Krags & '03's) is they hit pretty close to where the battle sights point at close range.
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Funny story regarding fillers, I was shooting on an indoor range with some coworkers and wanted to use my S & W M/29. One of the guys suggested a charge of 3.5gr. of Bullseye and 1gr. of filler. I assembled fifty rounds of .44 Magnum with this and a 240gr. SWC bullet, not realizing that the guys had put me in the trick bag. When the range officer gave the order to commence firing it looked as though I was having a pillow fight on my firing point. The air was filled with clouds of Kapok and the laughter of my coworkers could be heard all over the range. No more fillers for me from that day forward no matter pistol or rifle reduced charge round !
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i have a garbage bag full of dacron. i use 2400 and a tuft of dacron for my 35/30-30 and 444 Marlin. i use it some other stuff, but it is all rifle cartridges.
i was using my 444 with/without a tuft of dacron and i found that with a tuft of dacron was more accurate than without.
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Keeping most powders in a consistent column adds consistency. Some powders are relatively positioned in sensitive. Most are. I use Dacron in all my rifle cast loads. 30-06, 35 Whelen, 458WM.
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