45-70 light loads and "FILLER"???

I use dacron that I get from Walmart. They use it for quilting filler. I get the 1/2-5/8" thick stuff. I cut it into 1/2" strips with my paper cutter. Then I cut it according to what my particular load requires.

I have used Dacron allot in my cast bullet shooting. It has "definitely" reduced the standard deviations noticably.
Check the "cast boolet" web site to see my step by progression with cast boolet shooting in the .308win.
My Handle name is "dthunter" there as well. Hope this helps.

Note: filler does increase pressures by a small Amount, so load accordingly. I think the dacron aids in sealing the expanding gasses as well.
 
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fingers284 said:
I've found T/B to be very "position sensitive", even in the .45 lc case. Shooting down at enough of an angle to move the powder away from the primer flash hole will result in more unburnt powder confetti than I would have ever expected from a smokeless powder. I've had SAA pistols fowl/seize up with unburnt T/B powder worse than with B/P residue.

If I where useing T/B in my 45-70 I would definitly be useing a tuft of dacron to hold the powder in place.
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I never experienced or saw any indications I was getting questionable ignition with TB, in any of the rifle or handgun loadings I tried. As I mentioned earlier, I just didn't 'seem' to be getting the accuracy results I was getting from other light load combos tried.
 
Over the years I have used many different kinds of fillers with never a problem with any of them but I have read articles in books that say it is very dangerous to use fillers. In fact one article I read said that the auther could put a ring in the barrel of any gun because he learned the secret of what not to do. Is there anyone out there that has experienced problems other then poor accuracy when shooting with reduced loads and fillers?

Graydog
 
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