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what is your .450/.577 load
Jun 30th, 2014 at 1:16am
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Curiouswhat others load. I use 27 grainsof trailboss. I have some heavy lead slugs I bought that are .461 dia for practice loads. 
Since I want  to get a hog here in CA condor country. I developed a load with a 350 grain barnes hollow pt patched with teflon pipe tape. Works real well on paper. 

What dia do others use?


What is a good source for cast bullets?

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Reply #1 - Jun 30th, 2014 at 9:37pm
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I too have a 577-450.  Would like to know what SAFE/accurate loads (non-black) to use.  What bullet weights.  Might have to have a mould made.

  
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Reply #2 - Jul 5th, 2014 at 6:57am
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I load 19/20 gn vita N 340 on a 500gn lead bullet sized .458
3 groves NOT  patched ,powder keeper with dacron fluf (a few grains )
gives me a good result  at 100m, have to aim center of target with a martini henry mk III BSA 1885 
learned this from VISIER magazine ( germany)
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Re: what is your .450/.577 load
Reply #3 - Jul 11th, 2014 at 8:34am
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I am a firm believer in the old rule "black powder rifle: black powder loads ONLY"! 

Trail Boss is a fast burning pistol powder and was never meant to load in a case the size of the Martini Henry which will hold over 110gns of black. Why risk blowing up a piece of history? 

Besides black powder shoot best in my rifles!

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