Good that you use Ballistol. I remember back many years ago I bought plenty of Pakistani .303 and the ammunition was corrosive. I used Hoppies and it was okay until I found Ballistol and the German Army had used it from the early 1900s till 1945. I also have a few Mauser rifles and they are in good shape no wonder Ballistol is a very good cleaner for everything and black powder shooters use it too.
@elenas4878
2 ай бұрын
Nice! I'm also a Snider enthousiast, I own a couple of them! I also had bad experience with Pyrodex. Have you tried Triple7? I've been using it for the last few years with decent results ( not as good as B.P.) and it's easy to clean too. At the beggining I was using cornmeal as a filler to take up the space, then a fellow shooter told me that cornmeal might have some chemical reaction with the potassium perchlorate that's used in T7 so I emailed Hogdon and they told me to use inert fillers like the fat wads made by Circlefly instead. Of course, my preferred recipe is with real black powder, like Swiss or Schutzen, preferably, but when I can't find the real deal I'm using the T7. It's easy to clean, cheaper than B.P. the problem is accuracy is not so good, the load I've developped is 60 grains of 2F equivalent T7 because I was told to reduce my original real B.P. load by at least 15% because T7 is way hotter but with my load the accuracy is not that good.
@jusportel
2 ай бұрын
@@elenas4878 I have never used Triple7, heard mixed reviews about it… I did try “Elephant” black powder many years ago, it was terrible. Filthy, weak powder.
@mikeryan9479
Ай бұрын
Interesting video, thank you Question: do you use your own lube mix of beeswax / ballistoll as a grease cookie or just on the cannulas ?
@jusportel
Ай бұрын
@@mikeryan9479 I have used it both ways, with the conventional hollow base bullets from the Lee mould, I would fill the whole base with the lubricant. With the Japanese style bullet, I fill the cannelures. I am considering a wax cake under the bullet, instead of using cereal filler, with a hole in the centre so it will still allow the base plug to work. I tested the Japanese style bullet last week, and accuracy was good, but fouled a little more than I like.
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