New to smokeless

[Longranger81]

I’ve never owned a smokeless but have reloaded rifle cartridges for more than 20 years and have black powder hunted for 30. Just looking for any advice and info I can find. I bought a Hankins converted cva that I will be trying to learn with

 

[bigunit]

There's a lot of good info on hanks message board. I recently had a cva scout built with his conversion and it seems like it will be a shooter. So far n120 and fury 275gr look like a good combo.

 

[Pickettpuncher]

H4198, 55-65gr. Don’t go heavier than 300 gr. In the bullets. A sizing die is worth it. Mark your ramrod. Get a funnel. You don’t need a load thru. Wool wad. Fury bullets are good. Pittman are premium, but certainly not needed. You could get by with an xtp.

 

[Dryfly1]

Got a Hankins barrel on my Encore. Smokeless is a whole new game. You don't have to shoot expensive bullets. MARK YOUR RAMROD. A friend blew a CVA up with a double charge. He was lucky. His hand was not. Wool wads made mine a one hole 5 shot gun. Jeff builds some nice stuff. Waiting on a 7saum from him at this moment. h4198 starting at 55 and going to 63 with a 250 grain bullet. You need the sizing die

2GBL

 

[Longranger81]

I’m gonna have to look into the wool wads I’ve never even heard of them yet. Thanks for the info guys

 

[ddowning]

Wool wads, Pittman bullets, 4198 is the easy button. Running a Hawkins ignition system on a bolt gun built by my smith. You definitely want the bullet sizing die.
My only complaint is that I could not find h4198 and went with imr. It is super temp sensitive in the muzzy. I do not know if H4198 is any better. I have a barrel nut, so operating pressure is pretty low compared to a centerfire cartridge gun.

 

[Djacker]

I haven't tried a wool wad in my smokeless, I'm gonna have to try it.

 

[Pickettpuncher]

Wool wads, Pittman bullets, 4198 is the easy button. Running a Hawkins ignition system on a bolt gun built by my smith. You definitely want the bullet sizing die.
My only complaint is that I could not find h4198 and went with imr. It is super temp sensitive in the muzzy. I do not know if H4198 is any better. I have a barrel nut, so operating pressure is pretty low compared to a centerfire cartridge gun.

I have a barrel nut as well, but I’d hate to have anymore recoil than I currently do. Looking at shedding some before next season. Without going to a heavy gun I’m not sure how some of those guys go full throttle. I’ve pushed a 275 over 2800 with 73gr of h4198.

 

[Pickettpuncher]

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[Huntsalot]

I have a Woodman Arms Patriot that I shoot 55gr of N120 and a 195 Barnes Expander Bullet. I was surprised how much of a difference a grain or two can make in terms of recoil. I started out with the recommended 56 gr and a 250 gr bullet, the recoil was stout.

 

[Turbodab]

I started down this rabbit hole a few years ago and now I'm three deep! I went with the Arrowhead barrel for my TC Encore and liked it so much I got another for my son to use a couple years later. This year the adventure is turning an old scrap heap of a savage 110 into a nice looking 45 caliber smokeless muzzleloader. Haven't been able to shoot it yet, but I think it's looking pretty good so far. Trigger is right around 1-1/2 lb.

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[Longranger81]

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Yea I’ve never even heard of them but will give them a shot I appreciate all the info

 

[Longranger81]

I started down this rabbit hole a few years ago and now I'm three deep! I went with the Arrowhead barrel for my TC Encore and liked it so much I got another for my son to use a couple years later. This year the adventure is turning an old scrap heap of a savage 110 into a nice looking 45 caliber smokeless muzzleloader. Haven't been able to shoot it yet, but I think it's looking pretty good so far. Trigger is right around 1-1/2 lb.

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My buddy has a savage I really like it

 

[dfish]

Any good books/resources you recommend for black powder? Just inherited a muzzleloader and it’s pretty new to me.