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45 cal blackpowder
The biggest hurdle shooters new to loading black powder cartridges usually have is getting good bullets that hold enough soft black powder lube. Many of the bullet manufacturers just take their regular cast bullets with a very small lube groove and fill it with bp lube. They don't hold enough lube. It usually costs quite a bit more for good blackpowder lubed bullets because the manufacturers have to pack the bullets more carefully because of the soft lube. If you just dump 500 of them in a box like regular hardcast bullets you'll end up with lube everywhere. I buy lots of cast bullets but for my blackpowder cowboy action shooting I cast my own 44 and 45 cal bullets that have large lube grooves that hold enough to shoot out of my rifle.
Some blackpowder shooters will run a bore snake through their gun between stages to insure that they maintain accuracy. With bullets holding enough lubricant you can shoot an entire match without cleaning and maintain good accuracy. Smokin Gator
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