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Anyone have any leads on .600 round ball in nz? :)

mimms2 I certainly intend to, but I think ill need to do a good bit of testing before having the confidence to give that a shot. Probably a couple months away from being at that stage id think....

I managed to get a couple rounds thrown together last night and test fired. Not at a target so no idea re accuracy, but the gun didnt blow up which is a real good start. Brass also extracted / fell...

Thank you , I will check those out. Yes it’s 24ga Magtech brass which iv trimmed to length but not yet sized . Just got dies today so tonight’s mission is to get to get a few finished loads together...

Its an original MKIII snider manufactured in 1874 :)
I hope to get the brass sized, then maybe a couple rounds made up tonight - I guess ill see how much space is left in the case then make a call...

Thanks very much for the info. Very helpful.
Do you think this "stack" would be ok? Pour powder charge into case, pack cotton wool on top of the powder to take up space, then place a disk fashioned...

Hey guys, im sure some of you have experience with this.

Im wanting to make up some .577 snider ammo.

My plan is to load a 525gr .58cal projectile behind perhaps 65gr of "holy smoke" FFg black...