Burnside bullet load

[EPPS1919]

Hi I was wondering what loads are working good in the Burnside carbine? I bought my first Burnside 5th model and having Mr. Hoyt reline it. The bore was a little ruff, I'm going to use the Rapine Burnside Mould .556 bullet 360 gr. with plastic and brass cases. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks Dave

[Timmeu]

I have one as well with an original bore and I am interested in loads for it too!

[Carolina Reb]

You'll get a lot of opinions on this one! I have tried the Rapine Burnside bullet in 3 Burnsides, all with nice bores, and never had decent results. Some folks swear by 0.560 round balls. My current Burnside will put 4 of them almost down the same hole, then throw one completely wild, like off the paper. My best results have been with bullets over 400 grains. Try the Accurate Molds 56-450B with 32 to 34 gr. of Swiss FFF. If your breech won't close on it, take out the guide screw. That allows the block to drop down lower.

[ian45662]

I would get fliers with mine also until I started using a grease cookie. I was shooting the roundball in mine though. 38 grains of Old Eynsford 2F. In order to have enough room to get a wad and cookie I had to use a drop tube. What kind of twist is hoyt putting in the carbine? Will it be a gain twist?

[ms3635v]

One of my teammates is shooting a Burnside and uses a .560 round ball with the white nylon cases. He was using Rapine's bullet but the round ball shoots much better.

[EPPS1919]

Thank'sfor the help. I don't know what twist he is using I will try to call him and find out. I guess I will have to get some round ball .560 and try them too.

[EPPS1919]

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[Hal]

I've tried .562" round ball and the little short Accurate Molds 56-340. The round balls shot better than the little short bullet, but still not good. I recently bought the 56-450B that Carolina Reb suggested. It shows much more potential. I don't have all the bugs worked out just yet, but I think I'm homing in on something. I'm trying 32gr of Swiss 1-1/2F and a 0.7cc Lee dipper full of Cream of Wheat under the bullet with a wax paper "Wad" between the powder and COW just to keep them from intermingling. These did "OK" in a backyard test. Gonna try them at the next skirmish and see how I do. One thing I do want to try is a lube cookie. The grooves just do not hold a lot of lube. I'm thinking a lube cookie instead of the filler might be the ticket, but I haven't tried it yet.

[ian45662]

my first 4 or 5 shots would be great then things would really open up. I was dipping the roundballs in lube but I guess that wasnt enough. Once I started putting a lube cookie in the groups stayed tight. I have only shot it at one skirmish and that was a few years ago but If I remember correctly my hit time for the shoot was in the mid 20s. Right after that I got an original gallager and decided to shoot that. I have scratched that itch and I may give the burnside another go. Where does everyone get their cones at? I am out of freash burnside cones. I cant remember where I go these but they dont last very long

[EPPS1919]

Logewood sells the cones or tubes plastic or brass. The plastic are $.75 each and they seem to be tuff stuff. They say they shot one 20 times and it had no damage. I will find out as soon as I get my barrel back.