So I loaded my first rounds tonight. I love the simplicity of loading these old cartridges. Seems everyone has a variation and they all work.
Primed cases
Dropped 50 grains of FFF
Seated a salvaged 20 gauge card
Dropped a 45/70 case full of cream of wheat
Used my drill press with a spacer to seat the round ball firmly into the COW
I only loaded a few as it’s time to settle down for the night but I can’t wait to load the rest and shoot this old beast next weekend.
picked up a Snider years ago in a trade...never did anything with it...looks like I better dig it out and try some of these recipes...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |