I know its a Sin, but has anybody ever used Trail Boss in a 50-70? Im looking for a light load for a contender Pistol, if not Ill probly used Good old Black Powder!
Try 69 grains of Swiss 1-1/2 FG.
That seems a bit stout i was thinking more on the lines of 60 grains of F2. I do have close to 2lbs of Swiss 1 1/2 and use it in my Black powder turkey shotgun!
Not Trail Boss
I use 5744 @ 32 grains for a 500 ish & 34 for a 400 ish.
Rem RB with 26” barrel
Was pullin' your chain a bit. What bullet weight? If you want a plinker give some thought to a round ball with a little soft lube smeared on, or be creative and use a cloth patch. Use some felt or cork wads to fill the void. You don't want air space in the case w/BP. WAG on my part, but something around 40-45 grains of 2f under a round ball would be some sport and still pretty much knock the crap out of hogs and such.
https://www.cheaperthandirt.com/pro...-177-grains-490-diameter-090255260908.doHornady makes some .480" balls that with a patch of .015" thickness would probably work dandy.
https://www.trackofthewolf.com/List/Item.aspx/127/2
Im not sure what bullet Im going to go with yet, I used to load 70 grains of Elephant Black powder under I belive 450 grain bullet lubed with spd ??? I think thats what it was called made by Steve Garby?? out of my Shilo Sharps! new that load was a bit hot for a pistol Lol. I do like the idea about the round ball. long time ago I had one of the rolling block Pistols it was a short 50 cal. used TC Bull Ets I think they were called. and 25-30 grains of Black! I wish I new what I did with my reloading notes from 20 years ago here some where! And THANKS for the info Guys!
SPG...Steve Garbe is a friend of mine. Makes good goop for BP lube.
Ballets they are called.
yes your right, my memorys not what it used to be! is there still a Black Powder News? was going thru some of my old copys the other day! I still have a stick of that SPG somewhere!
In my Shiloh sharps 50/70 I shoot a 425 grain bullet over RL-7 powder. I do not have the grains of powder at hand, but believe it’s 35.0.
If you are interested in the load, pm me and I’ll find it and let u know
yes your right, my memorys not what it used to be! is there still a Black Powder News? was going thru some of my old copys the other day! I still have a stick of that SPG somewhere!
Yes, you can snag a subscription at BlackpowderSPG.com
I just might do that! I was looking thru some old ones i had saved yesterday, and some single shot News! even have a few of the old sharps news I sent most those to Evil Twin, before I moved!
Got ahold of JD Jones at SSK today he sent me some loading info! R7 was in alot of the loads listed! I think Ill play withThe Black a bit!
Trail Boss will work fine. I have a pretty little contender pistol with an 8 inch 45/70 barrel and maple wood. 12 grain TB under a 340 gr Gould HP does right at 1000fps. Should work fine in a 50/70 pistol too. Easy to shoot.