In my #2 Ballard with 28 inch lined barrel and the H&G #65 bullet (98 grains lubed) and CCI SP primers. 5 shots through my Chrony. These loads were some that I found in old manuals or were given to me by folks on the list or some I just figured would work. Listed by Powder, Load, average FPS, ES and SD. Yeah, I know ES and SD don't mean a lot for 5 shots but you'll get the idea. More comments at the end. Here goes: Titegroup, 2.0, 904, 110, 42; 231, 2.6, 646, 147, 80; AA5, 2.7, 690, 98, 40; AA5, 3.0, 610, 72, 29; AA5, 3.3, 709, 24, 11; Bullseye, 2.3, 1345, 19, 9; 2400, 5.6, 744, 37, 15; Unique, 2.4, 868, 116, 53; Unique, 2.6, 1002, 46, 20; Unique, 2.8, 1012, 70, 32. Best looking groups were AA5, 2.7 (in spite of the higher ES and SD than the 2.9?) and 2400, 5.6. Bullseye really zipped out there and had low ES and SD but scattered the shots. I'll try less there. The H&G #65 is a good pistol bullet but I have other bullets I will be trying next (as soon as I cast them). I don't think that 110 or even 115 grain bullets will be a problem. I had thought that some of the other loads would be traveling quite a bit faster than the pistol level loads out of a rifle but that is why I'm testing. Only the Bullseye load went supersonic and that with no indication of any problems. I can't explain the numbers for AA5 2.7 vs 3.0 - it sure looks like they should be swapped. We'll see. Ding! End of round 1.
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