Got a couple steys along with the lyman 329 mold, dies and some boolits. I'll slug the barrel to see what it really needs. Done that with my mosins.
Don't have any gas checks on hand so I thought I would work up some really light loads. Been raining today so I thought I would make some loads. Can't find any info on using varget. I guess everyone prefers the really fast powder for CBs. Anyhow, made one round with 13 g varget just to see what it would do. Fired off fine (sounded a little like my muzzle loader though) but it left some unburned grains around the chamber. I didn't feel any blow back and for the amount of powder I used, the bullet didn't look too bad. Otherwise, the bore is still shiny.
A: is varget a poor choice for light loads?
B: Need filler material?
C: Need heavier loads?
D: Don't worry about and wait until it stops raining to shoot on paper.