G’day juststarting,
I use Bertram cases, and the same bullet for my .58 M/L Zouve and Enfield. which is a …575 - 500g hollow base cast from a Lee #90481 mould. Mine cast at .578, and the hollow base obturates well in all 8 of my Sniders. My standard short range plinking load (out to 100m) is 65g of 2F with semolina filler as needed. I fill the base with lube use a powder over card cut from thin cardboard (Weetbix box). If you want to play with smokeless, I have had good results with 10 to 15g of Trailboss, Cheers.
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Well that works out good I have a Lee. 575 Minnie mold you can have.
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Excellent, thanks all.
If I’m not mistaken this would be a pre 1900, obsolete caliber and you could hang it up in the lounge room right?
It’s an exempt firearm, correct.
More like above the bed 
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Not considered obsolete up here as you can buy loaded ammo (just not in Australia)
That’s the most obscure statement. Where is up here?
Queensland.
It wasn’t a problem as I was always intending to register it to shoot but did notice that a few states consider it obsolete.
There is a local company that sells loaded 577-450 but not seen any loaded 577 snider for sale in Australia. There are a couple of stores like Buffalo Arms in the US that sell it. I think that is why Queensland WLB deem it still commercially available.
Yeah, gotcha.
Anybody wanting to know what is, or is not, considered antique in Queensland, go here: - https://www.police.qld.gov.au/programs/weaponsLicensing/licenceApplication/ammunition/ammunitionavailability.htm
Although the web link is to their current list, I don’t believe that it is any way complete.
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@TheDude what bullet mould did you use to fireform the Snider brass? Bertram and 20ga shells are too small to fit anything I have and need to be fireformed. Wondering if you could suggest something that you did?
I used the Lyman 575 PH mold for my 2 band enfield muzzleloader for first load. From memory they were a pretty tight fit and needed a slight flair on the cases.
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Is that minie ball (i.e. cavity in the bum of it) or a solid?
Minie.
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That’s what I used, with from memory (need to check) 60gr of FF. I found the expansion wasn’t enough with Bertram brass. Mooooooaaare powder I guess.
I think I put about 75gr in mine. Chamber is well oversized in mine so they end up oval. After first firing they now just get a 0.590” expander in them to round them out
think I need to cast my chamber… Maybe that could be a project.
