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Old March 20, 2012, 08:04 PM   #12
B.L.E.
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Forty grains is a mighty light load in a .50 rifle. Accuracy suffers if a load is too light, not just for Minie balls but also with patched roundballs.
Most people put around 70 to 90 grains in a .50 when shooting patched round balls, even heavier sometimes with the slow twist barrels.
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