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Post by cumminscowboy on Feb 21, 2009 21:41:46 GMT -5
what are you guys finding is the best way to store your duplex loads so that they can be quickly reloaded while hunting, or does it matter if the power gets all mixed up in a quickload vial??
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Post by onecardchuck on Feb 21, 2009 21:53:16 GMT -5
I think edge came up with glueing or taping two vial caps together and keep you two separate loads in each of the two vials.
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Post by Dave W on Feb 21, 2009 23:20:10 GMT -5
I tape two vials back to back. Mixing the powders will change the load, lowering the pressure. At 100yds mixing does not effect the accuracy all that much, at 200yds the one time I tried mixing, the load was roughly twice the size of the unmixed group.
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Post by cumminscowboy on Feb 21, 2009 23:26:26 GMT -5
so if that is the case do you feel good about hunting with such a combo, knowing that it will be bounced around all day on a 4 wheeler??
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Post by Dave W on Feb 21, 2009 23:33:09 GMT -5
Once the powder is in the barrel and compressed under the bullet I doubt there is any or very little mixing that occurs.
4wheeler, whats that? ;D
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Post by rbinar on Feb 22, 2009 2:24:41 GMT -5
so if that is the case do you feel good about hunting with such a combo, knowing that it will be bounced around all day on a 4 wheeler?? Once you get it loaded there is no way to get them to mix, no matter how hard you try. The only possible way to change once the sabot is seated is to have a sabot so loose it will fall forward if you lower the muzzle. I've tried all sorts of ways to fault the load after loading and I haven't done it yet.  This is how I store duplex loads for the range or hunting. With the correct container it is possible to have the sabot and bullet handy as well. |
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Post by mike.dawson on Feb 22, 2009 6:48:55 GMT -5
I have a 5ml plastic vial with a different colored top for the booster and a 10ml plastic vial for the main charge and wire tie them together like the example above. I use a yellow top for N110, a white top for 5744, red top for N120 and a blue top for H322
Mike
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Post by sw on Feb 22, 2009 7:56:05 GMT -5
These two powders are "layered" in the barrel: not mixed. The primer powder goes in first then the main charge, then the wad(if used) and the bullet is compressed over both. No mixing occurs. The powers are not kept in the same container. Contrart to one "expert's" statements, we are NOT "mixing" powders; rather, we are "layering" the powders.
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Post by dougedwards on Feb 22, 2009 9:06:07 GMT -5
I simply keep two very different sized and shaped vials in my pocket. The first is a little plastic flip-top vial. It barely will hold 15 grains of SR4759 (bought it on ebay). The other which holds the primary powder is a long thin tube with a screw top. I don't tape them together because it is very easy to feel which one I want first. The way my brain works is .... one thing at a time. It might take a tad longer this way but I never get them mixed up and I am not in a hurry to fire my second shot anyway. The first shot always does the job.
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Post by Harley on Feb 22, 2009 11:39:58 GMT -5
I don't do anything at all to differentiate my powders when hunting; just a casual glance can tell the difference between 12 grains (booster) and 47 grains (main).
On the shooting bench, I keep a loading block with one complete set of components in order.
Harley
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Post by younghunter86 on Feb 22, 2009 13:39:50 GMT -5
I use 2 different sized vials. I bought the 1 and 2 dram sized ones from Pilot Vials. Pretty cheap and very good quality. The size is just about perfect as far as I'm concerned. With the 1 dram you can easily get <50 grains of 4759, and mid 60's of 4198. The 4198 is clear to the top so I started using the 2 dram vials for it. Now I just use the 2 dram for main charge and 1 dram for booster. www.pilotvials.com/Screw-Thread-Bottles.html |
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