HI all, I am looking to get some smokeless load data for the original Springfield trapdoor rifle. Loads need to be deer killers at about 100 yds and use a light boollet.
I have a lot of experience casting and shooting the trapdoor, but it is all with Black and using heavy long range boolits. This is for a buddy who will not shoot Black and insists that a 300 grain boolit is the best. I have several boolits in that size, and will most likely use the RanchDog 460350, cast soft. I have 4895 and 4198 on hand, but willing to buy more powder if results justify. Primers will be REM 9 1/2. Brass REM 45-70.
I am just looking for some up to the minute data, what guys used last year in the real world, not a manual load.
gun has not been field tested yet, but there's plenty o time
fwiw - this guy is a retrd army kernal, so I can't tell him anything he don't already know (lol) I am not telling him about my oversized 45acp mold that drop around 200 grns
thanks a bunch