thanks for all the help guys. The accurate 2460 powder I have it turns out is just a little hotter than IMR 3031 which a lot of people use in the 1889 so I started at 25 grains of the 2460. I need to get a mold for cast bullets so I just used the .306 spitzer from the 7.5x55 ammo. Light kick maybe the kick of a .223. My uncle is gonna get a chronograph so we can determine better what to do next because this seemed like a really light load but we want to be sure.