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mapsjanhere · December 14, 2010, 01:29 PM

I'm a weighing guy, so the idea of replacing the powder simply by volume doesn't even occur to me. But if I had to start tinkering with such an old gun, that's where I would start before trying to load BP. You need to get a 170 gr round to only 550 ft/s to produce the original load, which used 10 gr BP.

December 14, 2010, 01:29 PM	#10
mapsjanhere Senior Member Join Date: August 6, 2009 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 2,832	I'm a weighing guy, so the idea of replacing the powder simply by volume doesn't even occur to me. But if I had to start tinkering with such an old gun, that's where I would start before trying to load BP. You need to get a 170 gr round to only 550 ft/s to produce the original load, which used 10 gr BP. __________________ I used to love being able to hit hard at 1000 yards. As I get older I find hitting a mini ram at 200 yards with the 22 oddly more satisfying.