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    Alloy sure makes a difference for the Sharps!

    So I bought some tin and made up some 1:20 tin:lead alloy bullets to try in my Pedersoli Sharps. To date, my load workups with it using the Pedersoli 317-541 bullet using pure lead have not been show-stoppingly great.

    I don't know if it is the lighter weight (515 grains instead of 530 grains) or the harder alloy or both, but the tin bullets shoot much better.





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    It looks like I got good group spikes at 30 grains, 40 grains, 44 grains, and 54 grains. I am going to make up more rounds with these charges and confirm the best performer.



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    Thanks for a great and very informative posting.
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    Did you clean between shots? or groups? I've always heard that there is always 2 loads that get the same great groups. One light one and one heavy. This kind of supports that. Thanks
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    I brushed the bore and cleaned with a patch after every 5 shot group.

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    Well, I got back to the range today, and it looks like 40 grains is the winner.

    30 40 45 54
    Group 1 0.972 0.868 0.626 0.907
    Group 2 1.346 0.415 0.764 0.946
    Group 3 1.512 0.663 0.601 0.773
    Average 1.277 0.649 0.664 0.875


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