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Sport45. I agree with your comments on detonation with slow burning powders. I think that the problems with detonation with fast powders is amissed double charge from not inspecting the charged cases before seating the bullets.
As for fillers? I have had no problems using dacron (1 gr.) or Cream of Wheat. The latter in a 45-70. I once used .410 shotgun cardboard wads (over powder wad) in a marlin 95 (new model) and ringed the barrel twice, before I noticed what happened. The funny part about it, it it is more accurate now with the rings, than before. Go figure.
I believe that a tuft of dacron will burn up on firing. I have never found any residue on the ground in front of the firing line. I would never use Cream of Wheat in a bottlenecked case, but in a straight walled case like the 45-70, I have had no problems.
Do I recommend usig Cream of Wheat? No. Those that wish to experiment, do so at their own risk. I only say it has worked for me, in my rifles.
Paul B.
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