Jukar 45 Cal With fffg

I was given a 45 cal Jukar that was assembled some time in the 1970's from a kit and never fired.

A local shop I brought it to sold me round balls, patches, #11 caps, etc. along with fffg. The shop owner suggested I use 30 grains of the fffg for a plinking load.

I'm not interested in doing anything more than punching holes in paper targets and plastic jugs of water. Does this sound like a reasonable load?

Just fine for paper. Add more powder for effect on the water jugs :v

How many grains for jugs?

70!! :thumbsup:

70! :thumbsup:

Just last Saturday I fired for the first time, a .45 Jukar that I picked up for $10. I had put some decent sights on it, coned the muzzle and decided to give it a try.

45grs of 3f GOEX and r/balls gave me 4 shots touching at 20 yards. I figured that's all the experimenting I needed to do. GW

That's pretty good but you will only find out how good it's really working when you start poking holes at 50 yards. :hmm:

Yep,70 will be much more dramatic

45grs of 3f GOEX and r/balls gave me 4 shots touching at 20 yards. I figured that's all the experimenting I needed to do.

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Enough experimenting? I can never get enough experimenting!
That's part of the fun, playing with different loads without having to go home to the loading press and reloading library.
Try a thinner patch, thicker patch, more powder, less powder, Remmie caps, CCI caps so many ways to play without leaving the range.

Mine likes 40 grains, 445 ball, .018 patch. This is a hammer-it-in combo but it puts 'em where you points it.

My boy's 45 caliber jukar barrel likes 40 grains FFFG for targets up to 65 grain for deer. .440 ball and .015 patches

Thanks everyone. I'll report back after I try it out.

Grey Whiskers said:

Just last Saturday I fired for the first time, a .45 Jukar that I picked up for $10. I had put some decent sights on it, coned the muzzle and decided to give it a try.

45grs of 3f GOEX and r/balls gave me 4 shots touching at 20 yards. I figured that's all the experimenting I needed to do. GW

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You spent $10 all at one time? :shocked2:
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lonehunter said:

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You spent $10 all at one time? :shocked2:
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I never said I had it payed off. :wink:

A few years ago, I got a .45 Jukar Kentucky from one of the auction sites. The barrel was so rusty, I just bought a new barrel from Deer Creek and browned it and refinished the stock. That little rifle is a real tack driver at 50 yards with .440 ball, pillow ticking patch and 70 grains of FFFg Goex. That's the same load I use in my .45 Pedersoli Blue Ridge flinter for deer. A lot of people got their first deer with that rifle :thumbsup: