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Old 06-01-2010, 01:41 PM
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volume for volume, not really, but with trailboss what you do is dip a caseful of powder to where the bottom of the bullet would set. Weigh it. 85% of that is your starting load, 95% is your max load. 95% is not your max load because it would be dangerous to go above it but instead I have found that loads above the 95% range are not only noticeably dirtier, and in point of fact seem to be slightly slower than those in the 85%-95% range. You can load a compressed load and it doesn't perform as well as a non-compressed load and thus has no point. Your results may vary I have found that around 90% to be the best loads for accuracy. I have now loaded trailboss in 30-30 winchester with great results doing this, and in 38 special as well. At some point I am also going to load it in 45 colt, and 45-70 gov. Trailboss has an extremely mild recoil, and makes for just pure fun to shoot.

I have found trailboss to be a little dirty in some pistol loads, in rifle loads it was by far the cleanest shooting powder I have used so far.

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