Hi All,
I bought a Lyman Deerstalker 54 cal. caplock for my birthday present to me a couple of months ago. This is my fist BP rifle. Now that work has slowed down a bit, I'm finally getting some time to go shoot it. I'm impressed so far! I have both the Investarm and Lyman manual for it, and the Investarm manual shows about a 10 grain decrease in powder charge over the Lyman.
The powders I have on hand are Goex 2F and 3F. For the .530 & .535 Round ball, how low can I go? I tried some loads listed in the manuals (100 2F & 80 3F) with good success, but have no clue on safely reducing my BP loads. I have the max loads listed, but no starting loads. I want to do some ladder/accuracy testing. Thanks for any advise...!