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FIBERFILL FOR REDUCED LOADS?
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<blockquote data-quote="arch408" data-source="post: 1925847" data-attributes="member: 59036"><p>I read on a forum on Cast Boolets web site about using fillers. What they said convinced me to not attempt it. If I remember correctly, it had something to do with pressure excursions as it burned up and actually ringed the chamber. I shoot cast bullets and used SR 4759 and it was an an awesome powder for reduced loads. Unfortunately they quit making it and I think I have the last two cans in existence. Now I have been using Accurate 5744 and Shooters World Buffalo Rifle powders. They seem work the same as 4759. I have to use about 8% by weight more Buffalo Rifle to duplicate the 5744, but it only costs about 3/4 as much as 5744. I use it mostly in my 45-70 and 40-65, and use it in my 30-30 cast loads. I have also experimented with it in larger cases with good results. Accurate has data for most bottle neck cartridges and if you have an odd ball they can give you a starting load. I even used it in my 7STW for reduced loads. You definately don't want to use a slow powder for reduced loads. I have a friend who lost a hand when he shot a reduced load of 7828 in a .300 RUM. It detonated and blew the rifle up. They found the scope on a roof of a house a hundred feet away!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="arch408, post: 1925847, member: 59036"] I read on a forum on Cast Boolets web site about using fillers. What they said convinced me to not attempt it. If I remember correctly, it had something to do with pressure excursions as it burned up and actually ringed the chamber. I shoot cast bullets and used SR 4759 and it was an an awesome powder for reduced loads. Unfortunately they quit making it and I think I have the last two cans in existence. Now I have been using Accurate 5744 and Shooters World Buffalo Rifle powders. They seem work the same as 4759. I have to use about 8% by weight more Buffalo Rifle to duplicate the 5744, but it only costs about 3/4 as much as 5744. I use it mostly in my 45-70 and 40-65, and use it in my 30-30 cast loads. I have also experimented with it in larger cases with good results. Accurate has data for most bottle neck cartridges and if you have an odd ball they can give you a starting load. I even used it in my 7STW for reduced loads. You definately don't want to use a slow powder for reduced loads. I have a friend who lost a hand when he shot a reduced load of 7828 in a .300 RUM. It detonated and blew the rifle up. They found the scope on a roof of a house a hundred feet away! [/QUOTE]
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