Trying out the #1

[Kurt]

Man I wish I would have known that match was on.
Who is running it now? I haven't got a notice for a long time.

[Don McDowell]

That's looking good, Don.

Thanks Jim.
That load at 600 was just one of those I wonder if deals. I loaded 10 last night, to give a try shooting today when rechecking what I thought would be good settings on the scope set up...
Now I got to go wrap a batch and get them ready for Worland. I don't think I'll shoot that load at 2 or 300 because the old tank buster bullet works so well, and I have to use the cartridge crammer to get the block closed on this .434470 the way I have it seated, so just not wanting to mess with appears to be a good thing at this short time before the match.
I was hoping my new bullet would make it here on time, but looks like I'll have plenty of time to get it ready for the 1000 yard in Alliance at the end of July.

[Don McDowell]

Nothing especially different in this load as all the others I've used in the 44's. Napa rubber cork wad, muzzleloader original dry lubed felt wad, and jojoba on the exposed patch.
The new mould I have coming is a dual diameter, and I'm thinking that a single thick wad may be sufficient under the bullet. But won't know until a few get sent down range.

Hope your 44 likes that lot of Swiss better than any of mine did. Stuff scattered all over the place, the only thing to compare group it to would be 00 buck shot from a .410 at 100 yards, and my 40-70 really hated the stuff.

[Kurt]

I have worked a long time with the two .44 bn cases and I posted a lot about the results I have had working with them but I got the feeling that it was ignored because the BN cases just don't shoot well or maybe it's because I don't shoot the National matches that I don't know what I'm talking about. But I see a lot of those guys under my name at the end of the matches we compete together in.
Quite frankly I have had better results using the powders like KIK and the old Goex express as well as the OE 2F I had to turn to when the others were discontinued then using Swiss. Yes Swiss is a good powder or was a good powder but maybe I used the other more and learned how to load it to make it work.
What I found is what works for others won't necessarily work for me in any given caliber. One just needs to spend time working with the rifle and not so much follow what others use or do winning the matches, they are just better shots and work with better wind coaches or read their own conditions to be able to win.