Alloy Question for Different Calibers
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2022 11:41 am
Hello everyone,
I got into the BP shooting game a few years ago. I am definitely still a beginner. My uncle has gotten me started and its a blast shooting with him and picking his brain. He started me out on 45-70 and 50-70 pretty much strictly using Goex 2f and 20:1 Alloy. In the three years since, I've acquired several more BP rifles, (3 Cody Ballards and 4 more Shiloh's). I've got 38-55 (Wyoming Armory 1885), 32-40 and 38-50 RH (this is a Cody Ballard Switch Barrel set), 40-65 (Cody Ballard), 45-70 (Shiloh), 45-90 (Shiloh 16 lb), 45-110 (Cody Ballard Pacific), 50-70 (Shiloh), and 50-90 (Shiloh). What I'm wondering is if there are powder/alloy combinations that would be a good place to start with some of these calibers? The only ones I've shot a lot of so far are the 45-70 and the 50-70 (both Shiloh 1874s with 30" barrels). The 2f and 20:1 seem to work well in those rifles. There are so many combinations possible I don't know where to start when it comes to the trial and error method. Thanks!
I got into the BP shooting game a few years ago. I am definitely still a beginner. My uncle has gotten me started and its a blast shooting with him and picking his brain. He started me out on 45-70 and 50-70 pretty much strictly using Goex 2f and 20:1 Alloy. In the three years since, I've acquired several more BP rifles, (3 Cody Ballards and 4 more Shiloh's). I've got 38-55 (Wyoming Armory 1885), 32-40 and 38-50 RH (this is a Cody Ballard Switch Barrel set), 40-65 (Cody Ballard), 45-70 (Shiloh), 45-90 (Shiloh 16 lb), 45-110 (Cody Ballard Pacific), 50-70 (Shiloh), and 50-90 (Shiloh). What I'm wondering is if there are powder/alloy combinations that would be a good place to start with some of these calibers? The only ones I've shot a lot of so far are the 45-70 and the 50-70 (both Shiloh 1874s with 30" barrels). The 2f and 20:1 seem to work well in those rifles. There are so many combinations possible I don't know where to start when it comes to the trial and error method. Thanks!