.577 Enfield 25yard patch ball load

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.577 Enfield 25yard patch ball load

#1 Post by idge »

Hi people, just looking for some advice.
I have a 2 band Enfield which I shoot happily at 100yards with a 600ish grain minie and abit of black, but I would also like to shoot the rifle on my smaller club gallery range without a huge thumping load.

Is it possible to shoot a patched ball from one of these with a small load of 3f black Powder so as to be abit more small range freindly and maintain some decent accuracy and where should I start with charge ?

Thanks
Idge
Dahonis

Re: .577 Enfield 25yard patch ball load

#2 Post by Dahonis »

I used 35gr of BP and a patched ball to good effect at 25m.
idge
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Re: .577 Enfield 25yard patch ball load

#3 Post by idge »

Thankyou Dahonis that gives me somewhere to start.

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