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oranedward Participating Member Offline Posts: 12 Location: Texas Joined: Aug 8^th, 2014	Bullet in case 28-30 smokeless loads Mar 5^th, 2016 at 9:54pm	Print Post
	Has anyone come up with a smokeless load for the 28-30 that fills the majority of the case and still shoots decent? On paper I shoot black with breach seated bullet. For varmint hunting I would like to know if I hit them. Case seated lead bullet, smokeless load. I am shooting a flat spring high wall. I want to be able to carry rounds in my pocket and not have to worry if the wad has shifted on a small volume load. Or have to raise the barrel to settle the powder against the primer.


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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Bullet in case 28-30 smokeless loads Reply #1 - Mar 6^th, 2016 at 12:57am	Print Post
	Only smokeless powder I know that would give you near 100% case fill would be Trail Boss, but what little experimentation I did with it left me cold. In a .25-21 it wouldn't group at all. Powders that are not position sensitive include Unique and Red Dot. Assuming plain base 120 grain bullet and 1450 fps muzzle velocity from a 24 inch barrel, 6.5 grains Red Dot or 7 grains Unique, calculated by Quickload. I have a .28-30 barrel ready to be fitted to one of my 44 1/2 actions, and that's where I will start. Will also try 10 grains AA#9. That is to date the best load for my .25-21. Wads on the powder column are a bad idea. They encourage ringing of the chamber. Small pinch of kapok at most. But adding kapok did nothing to improve my AA#9 .25-21 loads.

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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3002 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: Bullet in case 28-30 smokeless loads Reply #2 - Mar 6^th, 2016 at 3:18am	Print Post
	If fixed ammo, why wads? I have used 11.0 grains of 4759 with a 120 grain Lyman flat nose bullet, pistol primer.


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Skalkaho Oldtimer Offline Posts: 863 Location: Montana Joined: Sep 29^th, 2006	Re: Bullet in case 28-30 smokeless loads Reply #3 - Mar 6^th, 2016 at 3:03pm	Print Post
	I'm shooting 12.0 gr 4227, Paul Jones 175 gr bullet. This case is a 25-35 blown out straight tapered, looks like a small 32-40 case. Has shot very well. Pic shows case on left, necked down 32-40 before cutting down, 32-40 and 38-55 Pete Opps...Breech seating.....
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	May the Bullet Gods be with you.......
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