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Reply #30 - Oct 7th, 2025 at 11:26pm
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I'm all ears, but the the reasons I have heard not to use dacron was possibly ringing a chamber. From the information I had found, this was caused because people would pack the dacron down on the powder, so when it went off, the compressed was of dacron woul accelerate, then hit the base of the bullet and cause a pressure spike. I think you could do the same thing with TP too. When I load, I make sure to not tap the wad down, I use the bullet to push it so the dacron is pressed on the base of the bullet with no air gap.

I should also note that this is in a Browning BPCR with a badger barrel, so not an antique, so less risk of soft metal
  
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Reply #31 - Oct 8th, 2025 at 11:01am
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Talk it over with JES Reboring, he can probably freshen your 32-40 to a 35 for less than half what a reline will cost.. His service is pretty quick as well.
  
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Reply #32 - Oct 8th, 2025 at 4:22pm
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Just got back from the range. Groups weren't great, but that is likely because it was pretty breezy and no wind flags, I also didn't have a great bench setup, but... I fired 26 rounds over a Garmin chronograph and here are the results:
Min 1097.5
Avg 1109.7
Max 1119.7
ES 22.2
SD 4.6
  
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Reply #33 - Oct 8th, 2025 at 5:32pm
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I would love to see a comparison of your 12.0 gr load and my 10.0 no filler load, if you have the time. 10.5 is good, too.

F150 primers (or try a Rem 2 1/2)
971 fps, SD 6.9, 100 yd group, ES 19, .84 group, 4 in .48, 100 yds
  

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Reply #34 - Oct 8th, 2025 at 8:21pm
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frnkeore wrote on Oct 8th, 2025 at 5:32pm:
I would love to see a comparison of your 12.0 gr load and my 10.0 no filler load, if you have the time. 10.5 is good, too.

F150 primers (or try a Rem 2 1/2)
971 fps, SD 6.9, 100 yd group, ES 19, .84 group, 4 in .48, 100 yds


I don't have the federal or Remington pistol primers, but I do have CCI, I'll try some on my next trip. Biggest issue is the range I have gone to for the last couple weeks has no way to read wind, and I sure as heck am not going to put my flags out on a public range. Will be interesting when I get back to my private, schutzen range
  
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Reply #35 - Oct 9th, 2025 at 2:31am
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One of my favorite pass times is to go to public rifle ranges and shoot others wind flags. I don't get out enough.  Smiley
  

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Reply #36 - Oct 9th, 2025 at 12:17pm
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Ah ha!  So you are admitting that you shot the leg of my wind flag stand at Tommy’s with your muzzle loader!   

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Reply #37 - Oct 9th, 2025 at 12:25pm
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The shooter next to you or the shooter down the line is kicking your ass. Just shoot his wind flags. Problem solved.
  

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