Hey there folks, was curious about this and wanted to get my head wrapped around it. I recently have acquired a trapdoor 1884 Springfield. I want to do some good shooting with it, and I got the book by Wolf. There is a lot of info in there and I got a the Lee mold he recommended for the 500 Grain flat base bullet. the Lee90577 for those interested. He does recommend others but that one is the most economical to me at the moment.
Now I currently only have access to an indoor range, so I will have to make up smokeless loads to try this thing out. I got some good material made up for the 20-1 lead to tin as he suggests. I am curious to see if these will shoot well, or if the bullet will not obturate properly because it is smokless rather than black powder? Open to advice on how to get some well shooting rounds out of this old rifle.
Thanks for taking the time!