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In my .50 caliber, CVA Colorado Paramount Pro Colorado I have started shooting the Fury, .50 caliber Universal Fit bullets and they shoot spectacular out of my rifle.
But... they are very tight to load, even with a clean barrel. I ran a bullet through and it is the bullet not the plastic base that is causing this. (see attached photo) This bullet is only made in one size and Fury does not make a bullet with a small enough diameter for the Paramount Pro in one of their other lines of bullets. I am looking at using this bullet for an elk so I like the idea of a bonded core bullet. I know there are other options but I am not wanting to give up on the Fury if I don't need to as it shoots so good out of my rifle.
So my question is, when is tight, too tight? I am new to muzzle loading but not new to reloading/shooting centerfire and know when you have pressure signs on a modern center fire rifle but I do not know how to tell if one is getting high pressures in a muzzleloader.
On one sizing page I had read that you should be able to seat the bullet with about 20 lbs of pressure on the ram rod but that was for an all lead bullet. This takes quite a bit more than that and am wondering if I am risking high pressures in my rifle due to this.
Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions.
But... they are very tight to load, even with a clean barrel. I ran a bullet through and it is the bullet not the plastic base that is causing this. (see attached photo) This bullet is only made in one size and Fury does not make a bullet with a small enough diameter for the Paramount Pro in one of their other lines of bullets. I am looking at using this bullet for an elk so I like the idea of a bonded core bullet. I know there are other options but I am not wanting to give up on the Fury if I don't need to as it shoots so good out of my rifle.
So my question is, when is tight, too tight? I am new to muzzle loading but not new to reloading/shooting centerfire and know when you have pressure signs on a modern center fire rifle but I do not know how to tell if one is getting high pressures in a muzzleloader.
On one sizing page I had read that you should be able to seat the bullet with about 20 lbs of pressure on the ram rod but that was for an all lead bullet. This takes quite a bit more than that and am wondering if I am risking high pressures in my rifle due to this.
Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions.