Behind the times...

[deadeer]

After watching you guys go sabotless for quite some time, I couldn't take it anymore, and finally jumped on the bandwagon and ordered up some goodies. Swinglock smooth die ordered a few weeks ago, and just got some 275 gr MH's, wads, lube, short starter and pointy Spinjag from Luke. I have a few thousand 451-2 bullets so I went the smooth die route to take advantage of the inventory. I already have the rest of the goods; powders, primers, 45 RemPac, all the required things except a bushing plug, but I have a lot of vents so no worry there, plus I don't shoot much anymore. I was shooting the 195bx, but seeing how the drop and wind effects it, and oppurtunites to shoot long at deer, I decided to follow suit and join the club finally. Boy are those Match Hunters pretty! I can't wait to light some off on deer in the next county. I have about 5lbs n120 and h4198, couple lbs n110, sr4759, and h322, so I can blow my load for awhile without worry. BTW, has anyone tried Hodgen UNIVERSAL for a booster? I don't think anybody has talked about it that I can remember. Anxious to get the ball rolling. Thanks.

Jay

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Universal is in the 40's on the powder burn chart.
Richard has used Red dot and Clays which is much faster.
You should be good to go.
Try a small amount as a booster at first.

I'm sure some of the other booster guys will chime in here.

Good Luck!

[mk111]

Good luck. You got my interest up in going sabotless for my Encore 45-70 conversion. I'll be ordering a Swinglock smooth die soon.

[Richard]

Deadeer...........Universal should be fine. There are just so many pistol/shotgun powders that will probably work as well as the others but who has the cash to keep buying more and testing? When you have 8 lbs of one that works good (Clays) you just stick with it. I guess what you don't want is one that is super fine grain and might get into the vent hole................but I would think the primer would blow that out during ignition anyway.
Richard