The rifles I seen except for the Ballard the receiver held with minimal damage but the barrels ruptured.
One 74 Shiloh was loaded with a full load of Bullseye because it was black in color and the guy thought it was black powder. The action held but the barrel split wide open.
All the rifles I seen were loaded with 5744.
A lot of the issues start with a "Magnum" mentality. There are people out there that think a .45-70 or other black powder cartridges can be pushed to the magnum velocity's of the HP rifles.
I see posts that make me shake my head with what they are telling some shooter just starting with these rifles looking for starting loads.
