3/13/2021 0 Comments Hunting Loads Shiloh Sharps
For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.What typegrain of bullets are good to start with Also looking for suggestions on a good bullet mould.
I used 500gr. Hornandy.458 Soft nose, they were the most accurate. Basically, you load the black powder to the point of touching the base of the bullet, with my setup, it was with 100gr of Clean shot, you can try Pyrodex I used it as well. You can try the Pyrodex pellets, but you may need to add wadding in the case so there is no open space between bullet and powder. Black powder can be gotten from Grafs, do a search you will find them. What ever you use you need to have a compressed load, DO NOT LEAVE ANY AIR SPACE BETWEEN BULLET AND POWDER OR YOU WILL BLOW UP YOUR RIFLE. Basically you fill your case using a 30 inch or so long drop tube. A 30 inch length of copper tubing a little smaller in diameter than your case is what I use. Always use metal not plastic when dealing with black powder or substitutes because of static electricity which will set it off. Trickle enough powder into the case through the drop tube until you reach the point that you can seat your bullet where you want it and still have enough room to place a disk made from waxed milk or orange juice etc. Your powder weight will be between 90 and 110 grs depending on what bullet you use. As for bullet molds Lyman 500 gr RN or their 520 Postel are good ones. You will need a bullet lube made for lubing cast bullets used with black powder. I make my own by using a double bowler pan and melting bees wax and mixing it with Olive oil on a 5050 by volume mix. This lube is to keep the fouling soft in your bore after you fire a shot. Be ready with you pull the trigger because 90 to 110 gr of powder pushing 500 or so grs of lead will get your attention. Accurate powder makes a smokeless powder called XMP 5744 that you can also use in these big cases. Hunting Loads Shiloh Sharps Manual It HasLook up a Accurate loading manual it has data in it for the 45-120. By the way Sharps never made a case this big for their rifles. Here are some related products that LRH members are talking about.
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