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Curiosity got the best of me this morning.
I been running a bunch of three shot ladder tests in two grain intervals form no compression with the .44-100 st using the new Olde Eynsford powder so this morning I pulled out the .44-90 bn to see what it will do with a case full of 3fg. A case full of 3fg weighs 100 grains filled 1/8" below the mouth and compressed .235" gave me a blistering 1523 fps for ten shots using the 485 gr PP RN bullet. That is 75 fps faster then anything I ever used for a black powder load in this .44-90bn by 75 fps. and the accuracy was very good.
This should make a very good flat shooting hunting load for the old 90 bn.

Kurt,
What do you think that powder would do in a lever rifle - shooting 5-shot strings w/o wiping?

I'm looking for a load for my .38-55 marlin

Brent it should work like a champ, it's been shooting paper patch with no lube and just blowtubing for 8 shot strings.

Can't blow tube in a lever action match. I've been able to get reasonably decent accuracy with groove bullets and homebrew lube with Swiss 3f, but I'd like to do a bit better.

I'ld suggest a can of 2 and a can of 3. Either one with a good lube should shoot clean enough to get thru a leg of levergun sillywets.
I ran 50 rounds thru a 38-40 sixgun loaded with the 2f and the gun never tied up and it took 3 patches to clean the barrel.

1523??? DAMN!!!!!! 3F?? I think I'll haveta see if I can get a lb to try out!! Thanx Kurt!!!

Brent,

The lower left target I shot dirty using a PP bullet. They walked a little vertical for 8 shots fired and after 8 rounds they went all over the place. But I had to use a seater after 6 rounds and you know what that does to a PP bullet with a lube wad in it. I could feel the lube wad crush and it most likely seeped past the bullet causing the group open up.
I think with a proper grooved bullet with out to much of a bore riding step ahead of the front driving band like a truncated like I use in my .444 should work pretty good in a lever rifle.
I will work with this powder in my lever rifles after the Lodi.

Et the recoil might get your attention too. LOL

Recoil? We doan need no stinkin' recoil I'll have you know that last month I shot a 500 Nitro Express double rifle,10 lbsn and a 577 NE double,14 lbs. Absolutely NO effect on me!!!

What the hay are y'all doing shooten those girly guns for any how??

Kurt you know I'm new at this but not so new that I can't see when someone's due for a speeding ticket! Yousa that's a smokin load with accuracy to boot...I'm thinkin bout 1430 or so outta my 110 with a 500gr PP over 105 grs of KIK 2F but you'll shoot a tad flatter than me I'm sure and yes what an excellent hunting load!

Woody.

The targets in the photo I shot with the .44-100 rem st. they were loaded using 2F.
The 3fg load shot using the .44-90 bn did not produce the accuracy that the 2f did on that target but very close.
I havent used the three shot ladder development using the 3fg olde Eynsford yet. But yes that 3fg E powder is a smoking load in that old bottle neck case.

Unnhhh, a bullet of that weight and that velocity range qualify as Tyrannosaur medicine. Actually I do not think that a GG slug would weather that velocity very well without some serious leading. Hardcast bullets are for the birds as they don't upset when they hit a critter. PP slugs would be the only way to go IMHO.

A 1/16 L/T RN with a .120" wide x .250 deep hollow point would mushroom out very good at that velocity if one wanted to use a GG bullet.