Serious reloaders need a chronograph.

[Adam Helmer]

skeet,

Yes, that .41 mould is a Lee 195 grain SWC. I make my bullets out of OLD wheelweights and a dash of tin, drop them from the mould into a bucket of water, lube with Alox and shoot away.

I just finished cleaning my flintlocks that were shot over my chrony earlier today. I really like the old rocklocks and my favorites are the .45 Hawken with Ball and Maxis, the .50 with Ball and Maxis and the .54 with Ball and Maxis. I need to "crunch" the numbers to see what the foot pounds of energy are with my accuracy loads. I could not believe my .54 Hawken with 75 grains 3F Goex and Maxis had a ONE fps spread for 5 rounds over the chrony! Just before that reading, my .45 Hawken and Maxis had a 23 fps spread.

A chrony is a fun tool like my laser range finder, some folks can live well without either. Some may ask, "Why own one?" I would ask, "Why not?" Go with what floats your boat.

Adam