Found the forum for paper patch black powder but not much on muzzleloader...
Stopped by the local gas station/general store at my home town over Thanksgiving where I bought a Remington Genesis for a song...(30 bucks) I figured I have at least a dozen other projects and hobbies I never get time for why not add another. It will give me two extra weeks in Louisiana (1 before and 1 after rifle season)
It's 50 cal - and of course id like to cast for it....I have cast for smokeless cartridges for all my reloading...but I have zero idea about muzzleloader...
I know black powder is much faster than smokeless... smokeless and black are not substitution for one another....
I don't understand what f, ff, or fff are (I'm guessing grades of fineness?)
Why do black powders seem to be loaded with a bucket load of grease?
I'm assuming there are a thousand shades of burn rates and profiles of burn just as smokeless has...faster to slower some more suited for other applications some general purpose in right proportions?
Some projos need a wad, some don't? Why and why not? In smokeless cases the bullet is right on the powder why does black powder need a wad?
My goal is to just cross the finish line this year with a workable load to kill a deer at under 50 yards...nothing fancy needed and it doesn't have to be a lightning bolt. 50 cal wouldn't even have to expand I'm guessing as long as I push it through the boiler room that'd do the trick...
Any suggestions for a mold? Lee makes a few pretty in expensive and I've had good luck with their molds for rifle...what about their R.E.A.L. mold? Should I get a mini mold instead?
What accuracy should I expect...or want? Load suggestions? I have roughly 6 weeks to figure this all out which seems like enough just not an over abundance... privative season reopens (or actually remains open after firearm season ends) Jan 8...
Scattered thoughts and I'm sorry just firing them off as they come across my mind
Any guidance to resources threads or tutorials would be appreciated!!
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