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Knucklehead, wow! Checked out your post on taking your Snider to the range, that's an impressive group. Would not have thought to use Paradox bullets but I will definitely add them to my list of possibilities...
There are literally dozens of ways you can load a Snider cartridge from what I've seen. I had it narrowed it down to three possibilities that I would try first:
1) .600 round ball with approximately 75 grains of black powder, no need for a press or special tools, apparently all you need is a Snider or 24 Gauge case that will chamber, add primer, powder and wad, press in ball with thumb (you may have to open the mouth a bit), cover exposed part of ball with lube, and voila! Fun time at the range!
2) .585 round nose Minie in a formed Snider case. Two options for powder; fill a 2" case with 75 grains of 2F black powder or; Cut your cases to 1.5", and fill with 30 grains of IMR 4198 smokeless if you're using a heavy bullet (480-500 grains), or you can push it up to 31 grains for a lighter bullet (350 grains). These are the smokeless loads offered by Cartridges of the World which they have field tested. Even if you go smokeless you should lube your bullets like always.
3) Because I live in Canada, I can't get a lot of things you folks in the States can. When I saw that Ten-X makes modern hollow point ammunition for the Snider I wanted to try them out, but naturally they won't ship anything here. They will, however, sell me just the bullets as long I ship them to my cousin in New York first
They're 480 grain hollow point hollow base bullets (.585 diameter) that they apparently designed specifically for Snider rifles. I'm buying some and intend to to try them out when we start reloading (most likely I would load those with 4198). I'm hoping to take up the challenge of hunting with my Snider sometime so if they turn out to be accurate that's what my friend and I will use them for.
Check out Ten-X's websites for the ballistics on their Snider loads:
Wouldn't make a habit out of buying their ammo though at $140 a box
There are literally dozens of ways you can load a Snider cartridge from what I've seen. I had it narrowed it down to three possibilities that I would try first:
1) .600 round ball with approximately 75 grains of black powder, no need for a press or special tools, apparently all you need is a Snider or 24 Gauge case that will chamber, add primer, powder and wad, press in ball with thumb (you may have to open the mouth a bit), cover exposed part of ball with lube, and voila! Fun time at the range!
2) .585 round nose Minie in a formed Snider case. Two options for powder; fill a 2" case with 75 grains of 2F black powder or; Cut your cases to 1.5", and fill with 30 grains of IMR 4198 smokeless if you're using a heavy bullet (480-500 grains), or you can push it up to 31 grains for a lighter bullet (350 grains). These are the smokeless loads offered by Cartridges of the World which they have field tested. Even if you go smokeless you should lube your bullets like always.
3) Because I live in Canada, I can't get a lot of things you folks in the States can. When I saw that Ten-X makes modern hollow point ammunition for the Snider I wanted to try them out, but naturally they won't ship anything here. They will, however, sell me just the bullets as long I ship them to my cousin in New York first
They're 480 grain hollow point hollow base bullets (.585 diameter) that they apparently designed specifically for Snider rifles. I'm buying some and intend to to try them out when we start reloading (most likely I would load those with 4198). I'm hoping to take up the challenge of hunting with my Snider sometime so if they turn out to be accurate that's what my friend and I will use them for.Check out Ten-X's websites for the ballistics on their Snider loads:
Wouldn't make a habit out of buying their ammo though at $140 a box
I've read it takes a fair bit of experimentation with these rifles to achieve good accuracy.
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