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Has anyone tried Black Horn in the 50-70 Government? I plan to load it this weekend for my 1871 Remington Keen Rolling Block Rifle.

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I'ld be damned cautious about loading it in an original rifle, the stuff runs at some pretty high pressure.

Not trying to hijack the thread but I am very interested in the powder and wondering what it may cost for a pound sized jug?

$32 from Midway...

The stuff is only 10 oz per can. You can save a bit of money buying it in 5 lb jugs, but it is everybit as expensive as shooting Swiss blackpowder per round.

Tnanks Ranch, I didn't notice that was only 10 ounces....!

Yessir it's one of those sneaky deals like trailboss,,, gots to read the label...

My wife got a can of it in the draw at Medicine Rocks shoot, and I've been messing with it in her rifle. A can of it will load 100 rounds of 45-70's. So when you run the math mixed with the price, that's how I came to know it costs as much per pound as shooting Swiss.