I shot our local pistol caliber levergun silhouette match today with my Marlin 1894, 44 mag. Load was 3.0gr. AA#5 and 28gr. FFFg black powder, under the NOE 200gr. blackpowder bullet. It was shooting as good as I can see, and never did anything unexpected. With the duplex load I shot the whole match and never had to wipe. No leading or fouling buildup. OK fine, so what?
So what is that rifle absolutely refuses to shoot accurately with smokeless powder and normal 44 bullets. It can do reasonably well with .433" bullets gaschecked and stiff loads, and it shoots great paper patched. But regular handgun type loads that I can use in the Blackhawk are terrible.
With this black powder load, I get top notch accuracy, easy on the brass and gun, and the ammo works great in the revolver also. Black powder just makes things so much easier than nitro powder, including cleanup afterward. Great stuff!
-Nobade