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fastforty · July 4, 2001, 12:33 PM

Need help fast! What's the common load for reenactment with a .50 caliber rifle? I'd assume that a full 90 grain load would be a little extreme, and that the flour is used to replace the lost smoke from firing a reduced load. So how much powder, & how much flour? Place a wad between powder/flour(?), on top of flour too? BTW, I'll be using Pyrodex RS.

Thanx &
Happy 4th

July 4, 2001, 12:33 PM	#1
fastforty Senior Member Join Date: December 28, 1999 Location: In a kornfield in kalifornia Posts: 1,161	Load for Reenactment? Need help fast! What's the common load for reenactment with a .50 caliber rifle? I'd assume that a full 90 grain load would be a little extreme, and that the flour is used to replace the lost smoke from firing a reduced load. So how much powder, & how much flour? Place a wad between powder/flour(?), on top of flour too? BTW, I'll be using Pyrodex RS. Thanx & Happy 4th __________________ When Banjos are outlawed, only Outlaws will have Banjos The Bible is my lawbook. I turn the other cheek when applicable, and spend the rest of my days resisting evil at every front, until I have breathed my last breath.