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DarylS
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Re: .577 BPE
11/12/09 03:23 AM

I-too would be trying real BP. Be aware that black powder will produce more recoil, but might be easier to find a series of loads that regulate than when using smokeless powder. This is what I found in my 12 bore. Use a good BP lube if you do. Alox (modern bullet) lubes do not work with black powder as they do not mix with and therefore soften the fouling. My BP ctgs. guns are good for 20 shots without having to wipe the bore, maintaining wiped-bore accuracy for the entire string.

SPG, Lyman's Black Gold and a 60/40% beeswax/vaseline(or neetsfoot or olive oil) mix works fine. Use enough oil to soften the beeswax mix for the ambient temps. It should be solid, but barely movable.

A lube disk will be eneeded for paper patched bullets to keep the fouling soft. the lube needs to be just above the powder, separated from it by a thin Beswax disk, or a simple wax paper disk works the best for me. The powder flame softens the lube and it mixes with the fouling allowing 10 to 20 accurate shots before wiping the bore might be necessary. Otherwise, the fouling gets hard and dry and cuts the patch off the bullets resulting in leaded and badly fouled bores.

BP should be compressed about 1/8" to 3/16" in the .577 case after being dropped into the ase through a long drop tube. Then the wads, then the bullet. Paper patched bullets need a BP lube to be applied to the outside - just rubbed on with the fingers in the same direction as the paper wraps on.

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Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

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.577 BPE	bonanza	30/11/09 11:18 AM
Re: .577 BPE	BlainSmipy	30/11/09 02:41 PM
Re: .577 BPE	bonanza	30/11/09 09:08 PM
Re: .577 BPE	BlainSmipy	01/12/09 01:00 AM
Re: .577 BPE	DarylS	01/12/09 01:54 AM
Re: .577 BPE	CptCurl	30/11/09 11:07 PM
Re: .577 BPE	bonanza	02/12/09 01:44 AM
Re: .577 BPE	DarylS	02/12/09 03:36 AM
Re: .577 BPE	horsedoc49	02/12/09 05:34 AM
Re: .577 BPE	tinker	02/12/09 06:31 AM
Re: .577 BPE	CptCurl	02/12/09 07:55 AM
Re: .577 BPE	Watson577	02/12/09 01:11 PM
Re: .577 BPE	mauserand9mm	02/12/09 02:24 PM
Re: .577 BPE	50Calshtr	03/12/09 01:07 PM
Re: .577 BPE	bonanza	04/12/09 09:16 AM
Re: .577 BPE	50Calshtr	04/12/09 01:25 PM
Re: .577 BPE	BlainSmipy	07/12/09 04:27 AM
Re: .577 BPE	bonanza	07/12/09 04:53 AM
Re: .577 BPE	BlainSmipy	07/12/09 05:48 AM
Re: .577 BPE	nopride2	07/12/09 07:01 AM
Re: .577 BPE	50Calshtr	08/12/09 01:54 PM
Re: .577 BPE	50Calshtr	08/12/09 11:32 PM
Re: .577 BPE	DarylS	09/12/09 01:25 AM
Re: .577 BPE	nopride2	10/12/09 05:04 PM
Re: .577 BPE	DarylS	11/12/09 03:23 AM
Re: .577 BPE	Watson577	11/12/09 11:47 AM
Re: .577 BPE	DarylS	11/12/09 12:50 PM
Re: .577 BPE	DarylS	11/12/09 01:21 PM
Re: .577 BPE	Watson577	11/12/09 02:07 PM
Re: .577 BPE	DarylS	12/12/09 03:55 AM
Re: .577 BPE	tinker	04/12/09 07:27 AM
Re: .577 BPE	Sarg	02/12/09 07:30 AM
Re: .577 BPE	horsedoc49	02/12/09 07:54 AM

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