Following on from my post on Drop Tubing. I loaded 10 450 PBE cartridges with my homemade black powder. 120 gr. by volume, less than 100 gr. by weight. 350 gr. bullet. fired in my 30" barreled double rifle with Henry rifling.
120 gr. fff Goex ~ 1750 fps
120 gr. my powder ~ 1600 fps
Velocities are 25 feet from the muzzle and not adjusted. They are approximations base on a small number of shots sort of averaged in my head that is why the very round numbers. Precise numbers are not required. The shooting told me what I needed to know. I can be happy using my homemade powder just as it is and I don't need to fuss any more about my process.
350 gr. bullet as 1600 fps is going to be just fine for hogs, bear, deer, etc.
I do need to see now if both barrels will shoot to the sights at longer ranges. I did this testing at 25 ft. with the backstop and target only a foot behind the chronograph. Don't recommend people follow my example but I was shooting offhand. That is a good way to shoot your chrony. I used the right barrel for all the testing and it was shooting high and to the right but only a little.
Tim