1.5 Oldye Ensford

[Kenny Wasserburger]

Ok I pulled the trigger on a case of of the oldye Ensford 1.5 and pick it up this weekend at the state Muzzle loading convention in Casper.

Should be interesting.

KW

[Don McDowell]

Kenny I think you'll like it, just treat it like you would Swiss and don't get carried away with the compression.

[Kenny Wasserburger]

Thanks Don,

Swiss works great with little compression, or.............. alot in my 38-50.

Kenny

[Don McDowell]

Kenny .25 or less is what has been working for me, the chrono just says "dupl" time after time.
YMMV Unprofessional shooter on a closed course, check with your homeowner insurance before going etc..

[Kenny Wasserburger]

I plan on testing in Phoenix but will be Goex for the real stuff.

Kenny

[Don McDowell]

That will be a good place to test, along with getting some extra trigger time to get settled in before the real shootin starts.

[Freedom]

I have been shooting the 2f Olde E in my 45-70....it has been doing quite well for me.

Besides the way it shoots with good velocity and great fouling, the powder is also real nice at brass cleanup time....no stink and the wash water is amber color, not black.

I am just now getting to my brass from last sundays match. I put all the brass in my OJ jug and filled it with warm water and a small squirt of DW detergent. You can put your nose over the spout and NO smell...my wife got home right in the middle of the kitchen task and she never even noticed I was cleaning brass....(she really used to hate the task and would accuse me of ruining the house)...LOL

I tried compressing it from .005+/- all the way to the point the brass bulged (78gr behind a 535 Creedmoor)...very litte, to no compression has proved to be most accurate with every bullet tested. I do use a droptube.

I do have 1.5 Swiss under the bench...but there is no need to spend the extra $6 a lb....when the swiss shows no better results on the paper.

[Kenny Wasserburger]

I pick it up late today or tomorrow morning.

Kenny W

[rhbrink]

Just a question on the 1.5 does that mean that the powder grain size is slightly larger than 2F. I have shot a bunch of Goex 3f, 2f, Cartridge and recently tried some 3F Oldye Ensford in a muzzleloader and like it. I was just curious about the 1.5 grade?
Thanks,

RB

[Don McDowell]

RH, the OE is sized exactly the same as Swiss, so basically the size of the powder kernels of 1.5 is pretty close to what Goex screens to 2f with the regular stuff.