Question: loaded 12 grains Green Dot in a 24 gauge brass shell with a bumped up minie bullet.
is this a safe load in a Snider Rifle?
i kinda of got into a pissing contest with a guy on FB - he was very concerned that I ruin the rifle and me by using this load. Ring the barrel and etc., by using 'Nitro' powder and not holy black.
I get using BP in these guns and etc. But looking at my old Lyman Cast Handbook, they were using the upper teens in grains for the larger calibers. Not the same powder or burn rate, but close. I think the guy was really concerned about the pressure rise of Nitro vs. BP and the strength of the action. Snider, not a great design, might be weaker than a Trapdoor (?). But my 12 grain fire forming load was fairly mild.
Geoff in Oregon