I agree with H4895 being slow for what you're doing. To me, using what I had would be less inviting than finding out the best powder for the bullet I was wanting to shoot.
I like to check out the Barnes Bullets site and their loads, even when I'm looking to load C&C bullets, not mono-metals. They seem to use the latest powders, vs. some of the other data sites.
In my Browning BPCR 45-70 (1885 JMB design made my Miroku), I'm shooting 250 gr. TSX FB bullets with Vv 120 powder, pushing those bullets at 2,550 fps. (Barnes Marlin load). This gun has a 30" bbl and is my "primitive weapon" for deer hunting. I'll use it this up coming weekend.
It has a Leupold VX-3 3.5-10x40 CDS, the turret calibrated for this load. I can put these bullets on a pie plate at 300 yds, all day long (4" or so) and around an inch at 100. Not too primitive...
DF
