Trapdoor light load?

[barnabus]

i have a Pedersoli trapdoor and recently bought a rcbs 45-325 mould for a lighter recoiling round. Any suggestions on a powder choice and range to make this thing accurate and more pleasurable to shoot? Been using 26 grains of 5744 and its pretty stiff

[1Hawkeye]

Try 10 to 12 grains of unique.

[Sgt H]

12-13 grains of Unique under a 300-350 grain boolit makes a nice load. 1100-1150 fps and very low recoil.

[gunther]

Just enough 2F black powder to allow seating the bullet to its crimp grove. Use the bullets as-cast with a soft lube. Trap doors are easy to clean with a boot lace pull through and a couple of patches. And Hoppe's bore cleaner. Then a dry patch and an oiled one. Yeah, I was amazed when I first saw a friend clean his sharps with modern bore cleaner. He said he'd been using it for years. And the bore is like a mirror.

[wallacem]

I have been shooting 405 gr lead with 36 grains of 3031 for years. Will kill anything and shoots fairly mild. Very acurate also. Wallacem

[Rattlesnake Charlie]

11 gr Red Dot. The Load.

[Bad Ass Wallace]

I have a little custom 250gn x 0.460" that I use in my Pedersoli 1886 with 10gn of trailboss. Lots of fun for the grandkids.

[15meter]

I loaded 4.4 grains of Clays under the Lyman 457122. Think I found the load data in an article on "Castpics" either by Ed Harris or someone "beagle Goins" under whisper loads.

I had to come up with something after shooting full house 45/70 loads out of a Ruger #3. That's the closest I ever came to dropping a rifle after firing it.

Full hunting loads out of a 470 Nitro Express were more manageable than that.